The Stanstead journal, 28 juillet 1898, jeudi 28 juillet 1898

[" \u2018The Stanstead Journal.VOL.LIII\u2014No.29.ROCK ISLAND, (STANSTEAD) P.Q., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1898.WHOLE No.2736.TOWN TOPICS.Miss Jennie Bates is away on a two weeks\u2019 vacation.Caswell & O'Rourke have put a new delivery team on the road.Miss Spalding of Marlboro, Mass., is visiting at Rev.H, H, Benton\u2019s.Miss Bégin, of Windsor, is the guest of Mr.and Mrs, Bégin at Derby Line.J.G.Wilson of Hillhurst Farm, Compton, was in Stanstead yesterday.3 Mr.J.C.Aikens and family of Win- ipeg are visiting at Hon.C.C.Colby\u2019s.Mr.Jas.T.Rierdon of Brockton, Mass., is spending his annual vacation at Derby Line.Miss Burgess a teacher from Massachusetts, is visiting her cousin, Mrs.(Col.) F.D.Butterfield.We understand that T.O.Chapman has retired from the employ of Butter- fleld & Co., and will travel for the Dominion Cutlery and Specialty Co.Mr.and Mrs.F.W.D.Melloon were at \u201cCrow\u2019s Nest Cottage\u201d over Sunday.Among their guests were Miss McDougall, Miss McKelvie, Mr.H.L.Wheelock and Myr.Hiram Foster.Rev.E.W.Halpenny, under the auspices of the Provincial Sunday School Union, will be in this place on Friday, August 5th, to meet the Sunday School workers in the interest of the normal and home class work.Mrs.J.F.Paquette and Miss Annie Gilmore have just returned from a two weeks trip to Paquetteville and other places around the border.While away they visited Portland and Boston, going, via.M.C.B.The next contest for the challenge cup of the Provincial Gun League will be shot on the grounds of the Tomi- fobia Gun Club, Friday, August 5th.C.G.Thompson of Sherbrooke is the aspirant fo: the cup.Answering a challenge from Mr.E.C.Eaton of Montreal, a match for the challenge cup of the Provincial Gun League was shot on the grounds of the Tomifobia Gun Club last Saturday, when Mr.J.B.Goodhue won by a score of 36 t033.Considering the presence of a strong wind from the back of the shooters and the consequent increased speed of the targets, the score was very good.We understand that Mr.Goodhue has received several other Thallenges, and that the next contest will be between him and Mr.Thompson of Sherbrooke.A fairly exciting game of base ball was played at Derby Line, Monday afternoon, the contestants being Derby Line\u2019s second aggregation and a \u2018scrub\u2019 team from Rock Island.At the outset the visiting players were dubbed \u201cBums\u201d and they in return accorded their opponents the more aristocratic name of \u201cCreams.\u201d The challenge had been given by the latter, who, it is asserted, were confident of a glorious victory.But fate decreed otherwise.At the close of the game the score stood at 24 to 11 in favor of the \u2018 Bums.\u201d Derby Line aggregation included two players picked from the regular team.The hardest fought base ball contest of the season took place on the Derby Line grounds Tuesday afternoon, when the Barton boys came up to play a return game with the home team.The personnel of the Barton club had been somewhat changed since our boys gave them such a'\u2018walloping\u201d at Barton.The game waxed warm and considerable personal feeling was stirred up by the howling throng of spectators.At the close of the ninth inning each club had seven runs to its credit, and each went to the bat only to he \u2018whitewashed\u2019 in the tenth inning.In the eleventh inning Barton was again \u2018whitewashed\u2019 while the home team made the decisive run.Score 8 to 7.Hon.M.F.Hackett and wife returned last night from their trip through the Maritime Provinces, traveling by steamer through Yar- mouth to Boston.Mr.Hackett says, and not a few people will agree with him, that the popularity of Nova Sco- tia as a summer resort is due chiefly to the unbounded hospitality of the people.Strangers do not come and go unnoticed.The business man quits his desk and the professional man leaves his study to show the attractions of their locality to the tourist.Mr.Hackett, while admitting the natural beauties of the Province by the sea, says he saw nothing to him 80 beautiful as the sunset on our own hills and mountains.The Hero of Halifax to-day, says Mr.Hackett, is Col.J.G.Foster, of Derby Line, the U.8.Consul-General.Mr.Foster is being much lionized particularly since the outbreak of the Hispano-Ameri- can war, TOWN TOPICS.Mr.Fred S.Laythe has accepted a position as shipping clerk for Butter- field & Co.Mr.and Mrs.Bégin have moved into the tenement recently vacated by John Sloan's family, Mr.Wm.Spalding has recently repaired and improved the appearance of the front of his store.Quite a quantity of maple sugar was seized by Customs Officer Kelley at West Derby last Saturday.Mr.Roy Flint left on his \u201cbike\u201d yesterday morning for Morrisburg, Ont., going via Granby and Montreal.Mr.John Sloan, whose leg was amputated at the Montreal General Hospital, recently, is improving slowly.We are pleased to know that Mr.Wm.Jondro has so far recovered from his recent shock as to be out again.The Charles Pierce house on Church street is receiving a coat of dark paint which will cause a great change in its appearance, Mr.Chas.C.Hunt, traveling salesman for the Dairy Association of Lyn- donville, is home on a two or three weeks\u2019 vacation.Customs Officer J.E.Kelley went to Bradford, Vt., this morning to attend the sale of the horse recently seized from Joshua Hill.Mr.C.W.Thomas has leased Pine Bluff Cottage at Lake Park for a few weeks, and will remove his family to that place shortly.The first open air concert in the band stand took place Tuesday night, and the citizens turned out in large numbers to hear the excellent music.Mr.G.R.Caswell\u2019s new house is now ready for the plasterers.It will be a very comfortable residence and occupies one of the finest sites in the village.Mr.J.W.Rathbone, traveling salesman for the Globe Suspender Co., and wife were in town on Monday.Mr.Rathbone selected his new samples for fall trade.H.M.Louthood will sell the balance of his household goods at the auction at Harry Suddard\u2019s, Saturday atter- noon at 2 o\u2019clock.auctioneer.The Derby Line Base Ball Club will play their first game with the Sherbrooke Ciub in that city next Saturday.They will play at Barton again on Friday August 5th.Audinwood\u2019s new block begins to look a good deal like a building.The walls are nearly all boarded and part of the floors laid, it will be covered with an ordinary \u2018pitch\u2019 roof.Joseph Wilder is about to move into the Foster house, John Kelley will move into the house vacated hy Mr.Wilder, while T.J.Smith will take the Kelley tenement in rear of the store.Rev.Edgar Davidson, wife and daughter of Newtonville, Mass., are the guests of Mr.and Mrs.Wm.Spald- ing.They will leave shortly for a visit to the Ancient Capitol, and make a more extensive visit at Derby Line upon their return.Mrs.A.B.Nelson is confined to her bed with a serious attack of rheumatism.Miss Lily Phelps, assistant P.M, at Derby Line, will leave next Monday for a two weeks\u2019 vacation.Mrs.H.M.Louthood will take her place at the post office.Mrs.Kelley, widow of the late Dr.Francis W.Kelley of Chicago, is the guest of Mrs.(Dr.) M.L.Baxter.Dr.Kelley was a native of Derby.He went out with the 8th Vermont as a surgeon in 1861 and was present at the surrender of New Orleans.\u2018Among the summer guests at the are visiting at Mr.Alonzo Kimpton\u2019s | Stanstend Hotel are Dr, Blackadder, wife, son and daughter, Mrs.Jas.Gibbs the Misses Gibbs, Mrs.Sutton, Montreal; Mrs.Ellis and daughters, Everett, Mass.The band serenaded the Stanstead Hotel Monday nightand the members were invited in to lunch by mine host Moore.The annual picnic of the Universal- ist Sunday School took place at Lake Park Yesterday.The school and friends were the guests of the Messrs.Butterfield, who placed their boats, grounds, etc., at the disposal of the party,ete.The day\u2019s attractions consisted of hoating, driving, croquet and tennis.The reference to an \u2018\u2018up-to-date doctor\u201d in our last week's Beebe Plain locals seems to have stirred up a hornet's nest.We are obliged to leave out one communication, not because of its contents, but because the writer failed to sign his or her name, which is necessary, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.TOWN TOPICS.Mr.Jas.A.Gilmore's buildings have recently been painted by Albert Baldwin of Smith\u2019s Mills.The work of this artist has brought out the \u2018beauties of the wood work heretofore unnoticed.The semi-weekly meeting of the H.C.H.club will be held at their club room, B.B.on Thursday afternoon at 3 o\u2019cloek.In addition to the initiation of a new member, other business the prompt attendance of every member is requested.Admission by ticket and the pass word only.UNIVERSALIST CHURCH \u2014 Sunday, July 31st.Morning service at 10.45; sermon by the pastor, subjeet\u2014\u201c How Shall We Use the World.\u201d Y.P.C.U.at 7.30.Report from Chicago convention.All welcome.NORTH HATLEY.For a number of years the town hits er, one of the summer visitors took quite an interest in its establishment, and contributed a number of books; other strangers did the same, and the citizens also gave in their contributions, and now there are between five or six hundred volums.Last Friday evening a meeting wis held and a committee appointed to nominate officers ond to appoint another town meeting when these officers should be approved, This meeting will take of importance is to be transacted, and ! BEEBE PLAIN.The match game of ball between the Magogs and Beebe Plains played played on the latter\u2019s ground on Saturday was a \u2018\u2018howling success,\u201d and resulted in a victory for the home team.There was a great crowd present and forty dollars was realized.The social at the Town Hall in the | evening for the benefit of the boys was also a success as well as a very pleasant affair.About twenty dollars was taken there.This will put | the boys on a good financial footing.We believe there is not a team outside the cities that can defent our boys.Services at the Methodist Chureh von Sunday last, condueted by Rev.'T.J.Mansell, were larrely attended.i Many old friends greeted their former pastor, : discourse.i Mrs.Chas.Kennedy and her son, Porter Dixon, are spending a couple ; of weeks at Lake Park.| Mr.and Mrs.Charles Travirsee will had a public library.Mrs.Fitts Fish- return to Manchester, N.H., next\u2019 weeek, to remain until next Spring.; We are all sorry to have them go.| | Lyman McClintock has improved | rapidly since his return from the hospital.The indications are that he will completely recuver.I The party of young people that \u2018went on a ten days\u2019 camping tour to Willoughby returned on Thursday | highly delighted with their outing.| Hotel Becbe Plain did a rushing All speak very highly of his | MASSAWIPPI.Mrs.Sam\u2019! Robinson has been absent a week at Sherbrooke, with her sister Mrs.©.Skinner.Mrs.Reed and two children of Newport are here for a two weeks stay with Mrs.H.Darling.Mrs.Shorey of the same place is also here to stay a few days with her daughter.Mr.and Mrs.Mosher have guests from abroad.Mrs.A.Gardner is very frail these {hot days.She is considered in a precarious condition.| Mr.O.Percival is building a shop L adjoining his father\u2019s house, and will | do fine repairing in different lines, a {business he has followed in C'alifor- \u201cnia and at which he is an expert, | Miss Jessie Parker is expected from ; Montreal soon.À pleasant gathering of the \u201cUnion\u201d | was held at Mrs, Kezar's to-day, on Cher front piazza, so nicely shaded by vines as to be quite secluded.Misys Nellie Colt of North Hatley inj \u2018itt her uncles here.| | Mrs.James Hoyet and three chil-; dren from Boston are at her father\u2019s, | Mr.N.Harvey for a few weeks stay.{ | PS | | AYER'S FLAT.| { Rev.George Watt of Fitch Bay will: preach in the Congregational (Church | \"next Sunday, July 81st.Ï , Mr.Rennie U.Morse of Manches- \u2018ter, N.H., is spending his vacation at | Aver\u2019s Flat, he is staving at his sis- | ter\u2019, Mrs.S, BE.Hill i The Sherbrooke Y.M.C.A.left their i \u2019 SMITH'S MILLS.Mrs.Shattuck and eon, from Dover, N.H., are visiting her sister, Mrs.Barrington, at the \u2018Ruiter House,\u201d Mrs.Goodrich of Boston is visiting at Nason Peasley\u2019s.Mr.P.N.Esnouf, of the firm of Esnout & Co., is in-.Montreal\u201d this week.W.E.Sargeant, our blacksmith, has commenced Housekeeping, and reports are that a store is soon to be erected on the site where the one was burned this spring.7 Dr.Whitcher \u201cThe 01d Reliable\u201d is still making his daily visits in and about our locality.Doctor has, from the days of the late Dr.Cheney, been a friend to both rich and poor alike and he should receive move than a passing notice, Never han he refused to he called from his bed late at night to administer to the sick, no matter what the circumstances might be, and for his reward most extraordinary success has been his: and we are pleased to know his fleld of practice is continually inerensing.The W.CT.U.will meet with Mrs.Melvin Schooleraft Wednesday afternoon, August 3rd.The International Advent Christian Conference Mission Tent under diree- tion of conference missionary, ns- sisted by Elder Samuel Clark, will bo pitched at Smiths Milly, August 8th.Services cach evening at 7.456 and 10.50; 2,00 and 7.30 Sundays.A grand rally of Christian forces ex- rected.on E.Audinwood, : place next Monday evening, August business Inst week.The people of 1st, in the town hall, at eight, where | Beebe Plain and vicinity are begin- all interested in the library are ex- I ning to realize what it is to have a pected to be present.| first class hotel, and landlord Elder The annual summer sale of the La- always has a congenial smile on his dies\u2019 Aid of the Universalist Church cheek.i will take place in the afternoon and; James Shelley and his little daught- | evening of Thursday, August 4th, in er, Ruth, of Magog, were in town on the town hall.Many fancy and use- Saturday taking in the ball game and! ful articles have been prepared.A | calling on friends.| specialty is to be made of home made| Will Girard of Magog was in the, candy, ice-cream and cake.Mr.8.]place for a couple of days calling on! Robitaille of Montreal will give a dis- | old friends, play of fireworks in the evening.Vi- IC.H.McClintock was in Boston for olin solos are expected by a young a couple of days the first part of the lady of Montreal.| week.| A grand regatta is talked of to take! We notice your scribe, as he styles place Saturday afterncon, August 6.| himself, with the assistance of his | The subject for the Y.P.C.U.next friend, did considerable cheap adver- | ! Sunday evening\u2014\u2018 Vacation Echo.\u201d i tising for themselves in your last is- | camp at Bacon\u2019s Bay, and returned | home Just week; the boys reported a FITCH BAY.most enjoyabie, two weeks outing.A much needed rain visited us on Mr.Arthur Vaughan, returned from | Monday night making things Jook Montreal and Ontario points last Fri- | brighter, and doing a vast amount of day night.good, : Mr.and Mrs.Robert Dean, No, Hat- | Miss Mabel tage of St.Johnsbury, ley were in town Tuesday.LV, is visiting relatives in this place.Miss Beckett, of Sherbrook, one of | Mise Nellie Brevoort is home from the guests at Pine Grove Camp, re- | Montreal for the summer.turned home Wednesday.{ Mr.Myron Blount of Boston is The band of Hope, lately organized ppending n few weeks al Mrs.11, 1.under the auspices of the W.C.T.U.| paws.held its first meeting at the chureh| Rev.R.W.FE.Wright and J.R.Wil- last Saturday afternoon.[cox of Magog were in town on Mon- Mr.N.Colburn, traveller for Messrs.| gay Forber Bros.Montreal, was in town Mr.B.H.Rider was in Sherbrooke Tuesday on business.j'Puesday.Fish and McNeil still continue to | Mrs.B.A.Rand has returned home pay the highest cash price for Lub- | From her visit to West Charleston, Vt.GRANITEVILLE.rival on Sunday morning; he came on his wheel from Newport arriving here quite early.home from New Brunswick on account of the serious illness of his daughter Maude.We are sorry to hear that she is not improving as fast as her friends would like to have her.daughters, the Misses Winifred and Mildred Lange of Boston, arrived on Wednesday.We are glad to see them here for a stay among us.Mrs.T.J.Mansell and two children, Dow and Edesse of Lake Park, made a few short calls here last week.Mr.James Brodie has a contract for paving blocks; a number of paving cutters have already arrived.Mr.Brodie js a hustler.cess, There will be an Ice Cream social given under the auspices of the Ladies\u2019 Aid at the home of Mr.and Mrs.Asa Scott, Aug.5th, Marlow.Supper, including ice cream, 25cts.All are cor- I dially invited: | MACK'S MILLS.| Miss Mabel Bigelow of Worcester is | visiting her sister Mrs, Albert Baldwin Smith\u2019s Mills, at present.| Misses Amy and Minnie Kimpton for a few days.| Mr.J.H.Merrill and daughter Bernice of Smith's Mills are spending a few days in Montreal.spending a week with her son Will.Mr.W.H.Colton of Oshawa, Ont., is visiting friends at Smith's Mills.Mr.Porter of Jay is at Smith\u2019s Mills blacksmithing for Mr.W.Sargent at present, Mr.W.Sargent, our blackemith, has moved into the tenement over the cheese factory.The weather is very dry and hot.The shower on Monday night did not come amiss.Grandma Kimpton is much better.Mrs.Ed.Richardson of Smith's Mills, who has been very sick, is no better at this writing, July 26th, - A very fine two-year-old heifer belonging to Andrew Keefe was struck by lightning and killed the other day.Misses Lauraand Lucy McShane are at home for the present on their vacation.Mr.Chas.Keniston of Manchester, \u2018 N.H., surprised his parents by his ar- ; Mr.George Reynolds was called Mrs.E.G.Miller and two grand- \u2018We wish him sue- |sue.Self praise as a general thing, however amounts to but little.Won- \u2018der if they got it all up the night they | stayed at the cottage ?\u2018quite sick for the past ten days, is im- | proving.Bernie Davis\u2019 little boy is also re- !covering after a very severe illness.| We are not informed whether the Dr.| that attended him had a genial smile ion his cheek or not.i From another correspondent.The sacrament of the Lord\u2019s Supper .will he administered in the Methodist church next Sunday morning, by the pastor who will be assisted by Rev.T.iJ.Mansell.Rev.Mr.Mansell occupied the pul- \"pit of the Methodist church last Sun- | day, much to the pleasure of a large congregation who gathered to hear! their much loved pastor of former.\"years.Misses May and Myrtie Aldrich of West Burke, Vt., are visiting friends in this place, Mr.Rush Aldrich of Lyndonville, Vt., wag in town last week.Mr.and Mrs.Levi Aldrich of Sun- cook, N, H., were the guests of Mr.: Aldrich\u2019s sister, Mrs.John Corliss, the \u2018first of the week.The Ladies Aid will meet at the home of Mrr.E.Gilbert on Thursday, Aug.: \u201cAth.On Tuesday Aug.2nd, a Sunday School Institute will be hzld in the , Methodist church.There will be two sessions, opening at 2 p.m.and 7.30\" p.m.respectively.The exercises will | Mre.Day of Sherbrooke has been De conducted by Rev.E.W.Halpen- 0% on the dum that is being built at | , ny a normal and home class field wor- ! \"ker.The following subjects will be -dealt with: The Normal Class; The (Home Class, and their Need, Aim and! | Method.It is hoped that every Sun- | day School in the town will be represented.A cordial invitation is ex- ! tended to all.CHEESE SALES.Cowansville July 23.At the regular meeting of Cowansville Cheese Board to-day 49 factories, 3429 hoxes of cheese, 1 creamery 50 tubs butter, 15j3 offered for butter, no sale; 49 boxes cheese sold to J.Burnett for 73;; 644 boxes sold to J.Burnett for 7/4; 397 boxes sold to G.W.Broek for 7,7; 258 boxes sold to A.J.Brice for 71.Total sold 1348 boxes.There were 10 buyers present.The meeting was adjourned to July 30th, 1 p.m, butter.| SOUTH BARNSTON.| | The A.C.Conference Missionary, : Clark assistant worker who are hold- | There will be a Lawn Party at Mr, R.J.Seymour's on Thursday evening, August 4th, for the benefit of the ft.Matthias church.Ice Cream and cake Mrs.Henry Bigelow, who has been F.Fairbanks, with Elder Samuel! will he served.All are invited.There will be no service in the Con- \u201cabout August 5th.\u2018her daughter, Mrs.Howe, in Lisbon, maker, met with quite à serious runa- , the covered bridge near Wright Pom- \u201cout last Wednesday to the number of ing meetings in the South Barnston|gregational church on Sunday morn- i Tent at Pittsburg, N.H.and vicinity, | ing next; service ne usual in the oven- \u2018are having grand success, some thirty | ing.\u2018having etarted there.That makes Services in St.Matthias\u2019 church as seventy that have started to serve usual.Morning prayer at 11 o\u2019clock.the Lord under the tent this season.Evening prayer at 7.30.: We understand they intend now to] FAIRFAX, We are sorry to learn that Mr.Geo.! Davidson was recently somewhat in- Mrs.M.L.D.Hustings is Visiting | jured by one of his blooded animals.Reports are that Mr.Davis is about {to move from Barnston Corner to the pitch the tent at Smith\u2019s Mills in! Stanstead and commence meetings N.H,, and will go on to Boston to visit friends there before returning home.4-called Rix place, where Luman now Bert Searles who is working in the\u2018 resides.ice business in Boston made a flying, We are plensed to know that Miss visit to see his mother, Mrs.Orin: Gertrude Crook excaped injury as well Spragne, last week who is quite sick.\"ug whe did considering the serious run- Albert Kezar, our popular cheese away she had.Miss Elnora Davidson left last week ;way on Monday, his horse, while to resume her work after a few weeks\u2019 standing in front of Mrs.Ann Al- vacation al her home al Brookdale drich\u2019s residence, Stanstead Plain, Farm.- touk fright nt a boy on a trycicle and | Mr, Maxime Molway has taken the started for home, running as far as \u201cjoh of cutting Mrs.Broww\u2019s hay.He \"is the boy that will make hay while roy's when it collided with a team,\u2019 the gun shines.hurting its shoulder badly.No other! Mr.Peter Simpson has done no slow damage was done.job at cutting Mrs.Lindant?s hay.Mr.J.W.Heath is laid up with a Miss Ruth Bradley has gone to work bad foot.| at the White Mountains for the sum- The friends of Mr.8.Bishop turned\u2019 mer months, Miss Lena Brown has again been but is now gaining under care of Dr.Whitcher, twenty-five with eight mowing ma- | quite sick, chines and cut his grass and housed it! the for him, he heing unable to do hi haying on account of a bad cut on his hand which he received while work- GEORGEVILLE.The thanks of the people here are due those friends from Fitch Bay who kindly came down to help us during CURRIERS.j the fire, a telephone message having Farmers are getting on well with: been sent there on its breaking out, haying, The crop is about an aver- | AMOUg those who came we noticed age yield; not as good as was expect- | corse Rediker, Charles Rand, Eu- ed.The dry weather has stopped the ; #èNe Lee, Ammi Gustin, Charles Gus- growth of all crops.The rain of last | LR, John Gage and Dell Carr.Monday night is very refreshing after, Haying is pretty well advanced in the extreme heat of the past week.I'this section and some farmers have Mr.H.Currier went to Cowansville | Already finished.Some fields of grain to attend the Cheese hoard on Satur- Are now being harvested.The last day, sold the cheese from this factory Week in July is pretty early for har- at 7; cts., the last sale was 7), cts, | Vesting here.not 7', as was printed.The heavy showers of Monday p.m., Miss Cora Colburn of Magog visited | TUly 25th, did a great amount of good about here last week.| to crops.It was very dry, no rain of Mrs.Geo.Currier returned on Sun- | #NY AMount having fallen for several day from a week\u2019s visit to her friends Weeks.in Russia.Mrs.R.A.Linsley of Suffield, Conn., Way's Mills, | : | Mrs.P.H.Allin returned to her home in Cookshire on Tuesday of last week.who has been visiting her brother, Dr.Keyes, returned to her home last week. OUR HAVANA SQUADRON.Lively Incidents Now and Then to Vary the Monotony.BLOOKADERS'UNTIRING VIGILANCE Destruction of the Fine Auxillary Cruiser Alfonso XII by the Little Converted Yacht Hawk \u2014The Castine's Share After the Hawk Had Driven the Liner Ashore, Newspapers Ten Days Old Are Fresh Off Havana\u2014The Maple's Chase After a Blockade Runner, The New York Sun's correspondent with the blockading squadron off Ha- aang, writing under the date of July 13, describes some incidents as follows: Judging from the events of the past few days, there is every reason for believing that determined efforts are being mado to elude the vigilance of the blockading force investing this doomed city.The price of provisions of all sorts is constantly increasing in Havana, and at present the profits that would accrue from the sale of the cargo of à suceess- ful blockade runner would be so enormous that it is not surprising chat interest is reviving ju that precarious business At the beginning of the war the effectiveness of the blockade, as shown by the prompt capture of every vessel that attempted to break through, produced ua profound impression upon the mercantile world, It was impossible to prevail upon provision merchants to embark in such a dangerous enterprise, and shipowners were equally loath to risk tho almost certain capture aod condemnation of their vessels.In desperation, with death from starvation staring thein in the taco, the military authorities in Cuba were driven tu exert every ingenuity to ward off famine.For a time they uchicsed some small degree of success in tus The exigincies of the war demanded from time to time the withdrawal of a part of the blockading force.The naval expeditions to Sun Juan and to Santiago in search of Cervera\u2019s fleet unavoidably weakened the squadron guarding the blockaded ports.The necessity of sending large convoys uf men-of-war to protect the defenseless transports in which our troops were carried to Santiago had a similar effect.While all this was temporary and while the fleet at the disposal of Admiral Sampson was being constantly re-enforced by new auxiliaries and yachts from the north, yet it nevertheless made possible the introduction into Havana of occasional small consignments of supplies.The principal route selected for this contraband trade was through the Isle of Pines and thence to Havana, via Ba- tabano.In effect this made the Isle of Pines a port of entry for Havana for small vessels from Jamnaican and Mexican ports.It was à roundabout way and entailed great trouble and expeuse, but it kept the people from actual starvation.The system was never establizhed on a lurge scale and never had a material effcer upon the continuation of the war.The recent extensions of the blockade «f the south coast of Cuba, however, have entirely broken up this business.At the same time the blockade of tbe northern coast was made to embrace more ports, to render impossible the establishment of a similar source of supply upon tbat side.It will thus be seen that there is left but one means of introducing provisions into Havana, aud that i3 the very precarious method of directly forcing an entrauce through the fleet off the harbor.This accounts for the disastrous attempt on the part of the Alfonso XII.It has been fairly well established that the lurge steamer driven ashore by the Hawk und destroyed by the Hawk und Castine is the Alfonso XII.It is to be regretted that this truly magnificent steamer could not have been captured and taken into Key West a prize.she would have made a valuable addition to our auxiliary pavy, It will be remembered that the Hawk fell in with the Alfouso XII several nights ago.Until yesterday the name of the wrecked steamer was never positively determined.The method employed by Lieutenant Hood to signal to the Castine has caused considerable amusement in the fleet, In the chase the Hawk bad proceeded a long distance to the west, and the Castine was unable to perceive the gun flashes from Mariel, near which port the Alfonso was driven on the beach and destroyed.Lieutenant Hood deemed it proper to remain near his prize all night in order to ward off any attempts at getting her afloat.Early the next morning ho saw that sbe could not get off and that tocomplete her destruction heavier guns than those carried by the Hawk were required.He accordingly hoisted his largest American flag, union down, and steamed toward the Castine.As is well known to every one, this is an urgent signal of distress and indicates that immediate assistance is required, The Castine soon caught on and headed for the Hawk full speed.Captain Berry was much relieved, after megaphonic communication had been established, to learn that nothing was wrong on bgurd the Hawk and readily consented to afford his crew a little opportunity for practice at so realistic a target.At two mile range he opened up with his 4 inch battery, and the usual excellent American marks- panship was displayed.Every shot strack and exploded, and the vessel was soon in flames.Sunday morning Commodore Howell, on tho San Francisco, while making a tour of inspectiot of the blockading vessels stationed here, ran in toward Mariel for a close look at the wrecked vessel.She was lying on one side, partially submerged, with her masts broken off short.The commodore, having recently been commander in chief of the United States naval force on the European station, is very familiar with the distino- .+ tive fontures of the vessels of the prin.sivml steamship companies plying in the Mediterranean aud along the cousts, amd he immediately recognized the vessel ashore as belonging to the Compania | Trasatlantien of Cadiz and probably tbe Alfonso XII.This vessel was part of the auxiliary naval establishment of Spain und was provided with a number vf 5!, ineh Houtoria breerhloading ritles, as well as several smaller rapid fire guns.It is believed that this battery, however, wus pot in place when she was attacked, as she made vo attempts at resistance.A Cuban insurgent gave informution that the Alfonso carried a very large and valuable cargo, including provisions for the soldiers in Havana, money for paying them off and considerable quantities of mmmunition bf all kinds.He also said that she carried two 12 inch Krupp guns to be mounted as part of the defenses of Havin, Almost the entire cargo was destroyed, the provisions being ruined in the water and the ammunition exploded by the projectiles from the Hawk and Castine.The blue- juckets on bourd the San Francisco eagerly besought Commodore Howell to permit them to try a few shots at the hulk, reminding him that they bad been s0 unfortunate as to miss all the glory and excitement at San Juan and at Santiago.The commodore, although a strict disciplinarian, is a kind bearted and genial man, and he smilingly gave his assent to a few shots being fired into the wreck, In a twinkling the 6 iuch battery on board the flagship was cast loose, and the gun captains snon demonstrated that their thorough training at subealiber practice had borne good results.Every shot took effect and exploded in the hull, und the work of destruction was suon complete, Captain Leary wus high- Iy pleased with the proficiency shown by bis gunners and remarked thas notwithstanding the disparity in size he should like to put the San Francisco alongside the Pelayo for a few minutes, There is every reason to believe that he would make it interesting for the flug- ship of Admiral Camara.Upon several occasions the explosion of the shells from the San Francisco apparently de- touated other explosives stored in the Alfonso, for the great disruptive effect could be accounted for in no other way.Great credit is due to Lieutenant Hood for the excellent judgment displayed by him in compelling so large a steamer to run ashore.The Alfonso XII has all the appearances of a mau-of- war, and in the pitchy darkness of the night she loomed up as a marine monster.Observing her graceful lines and her two smokestacks, every man on board the Hawk felt sure they bad encountered an enemy's cruiser.The Hawk is a mere pygmy alongside the great transatlantic stemwer, yet Lieutenant Hood without hesitation determined to engage her, believing that he could in the darkness put upa stiff fight until some of the cruisers off Havana came tn his assistance.As it turned out, tbe enemy did not return tbe Hawk's fire, but put forth every effort to escape.Lieutenant Hood may receive recognition at the hands of the department for his prompt and seamanlike action in the matter.He was in the right place at the right time and did the right thing.He dealt a very severe blow to the enmy, and the moral effect of the failure to run the blockade will be to deter others from making similar attempts.Like Hobson, Hood hails from Alabama, and also, like Hobson, he stood first in his class at the Naval academy.It bas been asserted by some of the lieutenant's friends that he would not seriously object to being transferred to the construction corps if it is contemplated to reward him for the destruction of an enemy's vessel.On Sunday morning the Maple joined us, bringing mail and a fresh supply vf newspapers\u2014fresh to blockaders.A New York newspaper ten days old is not considered stale here.The papers brought by the Maple contained the first full accounts to reach the blockade of the glorious victory achieved by the American navy at Santiago.The story of the destruction of Cervera's fleet, the pride of the Spanish navy.caused great satisfaction to every uoiiicer and man present, and their only regret wns that they could not Lave shared in the great sen fight Every one roalizes, though, thut the work intrusted to the blockaders, while monotonous and devoid of excitement of battle, is nevertheless of great responsibility, and all are determined that no succor shall reach tho enemy if it can be prevented by sleepless and untiring vigilance, The Maple is uot a stranger bere and readily entered upon the performance of the duties assigned to her.It will be remembered that the Maple has three times been sent into Havana under à flag of truce, twice in connection with the exchange of Colonel Cortijo and others for the newspaper reporters confined in the Morro and once in connection with an unsuccessful attempt to bring about the exchange of Hobson and his gallant comrades.The Maple did not bave to wait long for an experieuce : this time.The very first night her lookouts caught sight of a large steamer heading rapidly for Morro light.The , Maple at once took up a position to intercept the strange vessel and displayed a signal to determine her character, _ whereupon the intruder made off rapidly in the darkness.The Maple chased i her for an hour, but could not overhaul i the escaping blockade runner, which finally disappeared to the northward and westward, {rustrated in her attempt | to elude the vigilance of the watchers that guard the entrance to Havana.\"The | crew of the Maple are disappointed be.\u201ccause the inferior speed of that oraft | permitted the enemy's vessel to escape capture.No Chinese Business For Us.The Berlin newepapers, possibly under instructions, make light of the Irene incident, but it cannot be too strongly impressed upon them or upon the German government that the United States will bave no Kaio-Chou business if it knows it \u2014Bostou Journal.ANE.ie | DRINKING AT MEALS.Result of Investigations Made by a German Physician.| In an interesting and somewhat his- | torical article, Dr.C.A.Ewald of Ber- \"lin discusses this mooted question at some length He considers soup, be- \u2018 canse of its emall percentage of nourish- \"ing material, merely as fluid.He states { that, aside from what is directly taken \"as drink, much fluid reaches the stomach during a meal, through the sauces ; and from the water percentage (both natural and by cooking) of the meats, \" vegutables, ete.Most persons feel the necessity of adding more fluid to the meal by drinking either ordinary water, carbonated waters or alcoholic beverages.The more one eats generally the more one drinks, and the greatest eaters are generally the greatest drinkers.If drink be prohibited, tho amount eaten is less\u2014indeed, on the above very greatly depends tbe sefret of the \u201c*Schweininger cure\u2019' for obesity.It is a well known fact that if the appetite is weak and the mind and nerves are somewhat relaxed a drink of water will excite the appetite and stimulate both brain and nerves, and this is due directly to the fluid and not to alcohol contained, for we find these facts the sme in abstainers, The more fluid in the way of drink is added to the gastric juice the greater is the quantity secreted; hence the greater the tax upon the gastric glands.Under normal circumstances, however, the stomach, without detriment, accommodates itself to a range of large quantities of fluid.Ewald says that much of the fluid passes into the intestines: another portion is absorbed: hence there never is in the normal stomach a stagnation of large quantities of liquid.The widely accepted belief that alcoholic fluids (not taken to the point of toxity) retard digestion does not seem to be borne out by the recent experiments of Chittenden.Not even whisky or brandy seemed to retard digestion.The proteolytic power of the stomach and the power of the pancreatic juice are nninfluenced by small quantities of alcobol containing fluid.The extraction of body warmth through cold drinks the writer considers as very much overrated.He attributes the bad effects of such drinks to irritation of the stomach mucosa, which becomes, therefore, a possible starting i point for acute or chronic inflammatory conditions.In the normal stomach the author concludes that not only does i drinking at meals within certain lim- \"its not interfere with digestion, but it aids this process.With patients suffering from stomach or other diseases, however, the cuse is different.Drinking ad libitum cannot be allowed.To the question shall patients drink nothing with their meals Dr.Ewald answers that he sores no reason why small amounts of fluid should not be al- + lowed, except.to patients suffering from dilation of the stomach.As above shown, fluids.and particularly alcohol- ie and carbonated fluids, will, even in limited amounts, aid digestion and insensé the appetite and will more than wunterbalance the so called ill effects of drinking at meals\u2014viz, the possible slowing of digestion, the dilution of the solid constituents of the meal, the overburdening of the stomach, a very improbable lowering of body temperature, ete.Even adinitting that such effects ; do oveur, the question of drinking before, during or after meals Dr.Ewald considers as belenging to the hocus po- eus of suggestion therapy The physiological act is not influenced if fluid is taken one-half hour sooner ur later.The i fluid should not bu very cold.Further, we must tollow the indications of the disease, an) as far as possible the wish of the patient.\u2014 Medical Record.Defective Eyesight In Advanced Age.The fact may be said to bo peculiar to age that the cornea takes the form of a bordering of whitish tissue, the cause being, says The Optical Journal, the + fatty degeneration of the surrounding parts of the cornea, and strength of 1 glght decreases with age until it becomes difficult to distinguisi even small objects placed close to the eyes, this, however.being in a great measure remedied by the use of g 3 Cataract, although frequently a panying old age, 13 by no means 8 necessary conse \"quence of it.In youth the lens is per- ; fectly transparent and colorless, but | after the thirtieth year it begins to acquire a pale yellow tint, this, as age i advances, becoming more pronounced {until it is finally transformed into a | deep amber.These changes in the nor- | mal transparency coincide with a fail ing in nutrition, though their progress is not accompanied by loss of sight.When, however, a total loss of nutrition ensues, the lens becomes quite opaque, and when this is the case the operation for removal, which has been brought to such a degree of perfection in late \u2018years, becomes necessary.Rapid Fire Guns.The terms \u201crapid fire'' and \u2018quick firing\u2019 guns, so frequently scen in the press reports of naval affairs, do not convey to the ordinary person any adequate idea of the improvements that mechanical ingenuity has effected in ordnance in recent years.While rapid and quick firing guns are the smaller weapons of a battleship, they aro not the diminutive affairs that they are ordinarily considered, as the improved meth- | ods of breech mechanism and londing have been introduced in the case of 6 inch guns, which throw a 100 pound projectile.The saving in time and enso of manipulation is effected by using fixed ammunition, in which shell, powder aud primer are united The 6 pound- ers, of which there are numerous types, can discharge with accuracy 20 to 25 shots per minute, a number which can be raised to 80 or 85 if accuracy in aiming the piece is dispensed with.From the 3 inch rapid fire guns 3¢ shots have heen fired in five minutes, and as each of these projectiles is 70 pounds in weight the effect can be readily understood.\u2014New York Post.MCKINLEY ÀS À DICTATOR.The boundaries of the United States have been extended by the passage of the NEWLAND resolution, and Hawaii is now a part of this country.Now that the islands are ours, we trust that the legislative branch of the government will set itself seriously to the task of carrying on their government, and that it will be many years, and only after aradical change in the character of the population of the islands, before any effort will be made to secure their admission to Statehood.At present the resolutions make the President an autocrat, as we have already pointed out.This condition should not exist any longer than is necessary, for it is utterly opposed to the charae- i ter of our government and the nature, of our institutions.That we shall be ! able to carry on the government of these islands wisely in the end we have | no doubt, because we have faith in the , character and capacity of the Ameri- | can people.But in the meun time | their possession will greatly compli- | cate our existing difficulties, and will add others.It will naturally promote | a desire for further extension, and fur- | ther extension will bring its attendant responsibilities.Even now with Hawaii we must consider seriously the ; relations between the executive and | legislative branches of our government, and if possible we must greatly! strengthen the former.We cannot.rule Hawaii well under the system which has made our preparations for war so arduous and so unsatisfactory, | The arm that reaches out to enfold distant islands of the ocean ought to! be a stronger one than we possess, or than the founders of our government had in contemplation\u2014 Harper's Weekly.THEWAR SENTIMENT IN BOSTON.Asan indication of the present standing of Professor Charles Eliot Norton in the Harvard community, it is interesting to find him chosen president for the coming year of the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa.Whether this honor was done him in spite of his disapproval of the war with Spain or in consequence of it does not appear.It is probable, however, that the esteem in which he is held by the learned bretheren in Cambridge is based on considerations wheih are not much affected one way or the other by his sentiments about the war.The war sentiment in the Boston district is much more generally and carefully qualified than in New York.Boston abounds in men who believe in carrying the war through with spirit; now we are in it, and who are ready to fight if their turn comes, but the sentiment is also very prevalent there that there should not have been any war at all.\u2014 Harper's Weekly.! i Men and | Women | Repaired.A machine that is constantly and, incessantly working needs repairs at: certain intervals.The human frame, worn by mental and physical toil and subjected to the worries and cares of our modern life, bas need of repairs and building up.In the hot summer weather nervous energy is at a low ebb, and as a consequence, nervous debility, terrible headaches, dyspepsia and a run down conditions make life a burden for thousands.Paine\u2019s Celery Compound is the great repairer and builder when weakness and sickness prevail.This great medicine has the power of rapidly repairing the tissues and purifying the blood.It bestows the proper nutriment to all the weakened tissues, bringing strength and true vigor, thus averting break down and collapse.Thousands of lives are fast wearing out that can be prolonged and made happy by the present use of Paine\u2019s Celery Compound.Its use to-day will save months of sickness, misery and suffering.Take no substitutes; get only \u201cPaine\u2019s,\u201d the kind that cures, SOLDIERS AND SWEETWEATS.A speakerat the recent International Temperance Congress at Prohibition Park, on Staten Islaud, opposed the sending of cakes and sweetmeats to soldiers, \u2018\u2018as calculated to increase their thirst and the desire for intoxicants.\u201d It is not generally understood that the consumption of sweets creates an alcoholic thirst.It does create a thirst, but one which, in most cases, mere water is competent to quench.1t is true enough, though, that cake and jam isn\u2019t good for soldiers.It is wretched stuff to work on and cases have been reported where n impo: - tation of soft, sweet food from friends at home has incapacitated, for a time, half the meni in a company.Soldiers are athletes in training, and moderate privation on occasion, does them less harm than overfeeding with unsuitable food.\u2014 Harper's Weekly.THE CHIEF REASON.\u201cI am beginning to see why July Was named as it is,\u201d said the philosopher.\u201cIt was done in a jocular spirit.The intense heat made it an ap- priate month to name after Julius Siz- zer.\u2019\u2014Harper\u2019s Bazer.WAR ITEMS.À dispatch from Washington, July 22, says that several events of interest if not of importance, were before the War and Navy department on tnat day.Gen.Anderson, at Cavite, sent a message saying that Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader, had declared a dictatorship and inartial law over the Philippines; something that gave the Cabinet food for consideration at their meeting.There was no disposition to force any issue with the insurgent chief at this time, but it is pretty well understood that he will not be allowed to commit the United States government in the future treatment of the Philippine question.The visit of the German Ambassabor to the President and Secretary of State was a basis for the belief that it was simply a friendly call as represented by the Secretary of State.It is said that Admiral Sampson has taken Nipe.The bay of Nipe is reported to be of importance to the American fleet, asit saved at least two days in getting supplies into Cuba.Lieutenant Hobson is at Washington, and received a hearty welcome from everybody.The Cuban rebels are disgruntled and have left Gen.Shafter\u2019s army, and it is said that the American officers and men are glad of it, as the insurgents wanted to be fed and clothed, and were worthless as soldiers.For Over Fifty Years.Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used tor over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect suceess.It svothes the child, softens the gums, a s ull pain, cures wind colles, and is the best remedy for diarrhœa.1t will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately.Sold by druggis every part of the world, twenty- five cents a bottle, Be sure and ask for \u2018Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup,\u201d and take no other kind.Two striking works of fiction are notable attractions of the August number of Harper\u2019s Magazine\u2014\u2018\u2019The Monster,\u2019\u2019 by Stephen Crane, and \u201cThe Lord Chief Justice,\u201d by H.B.Marriott Watson, Mr.George W.Smalley contributes an interesting paper of reminiscences and anecdotes of Mr.Gladstone, and a valuable and suggestive estimate of the character of the Prince of Wales is contained in an article entitled \u201cIf the Queen had Abdicated.\u201d The number also included \u2018The Convict System in Siberia,\u201d by Stephen Bonsal; \u201cUnder the Spell of the Grand Canon,\u201d by T.Mitchell Prudden, and the concluding chapters of \u201cRoden\u2019s Corner,\u201d by Henry Seton Merriman.Three short stories in addition to those already mentioned, the usual departments, and'an abundance of artistic illustrations complete a particularly attractive number of this famous magazine.\u2018The broadening theatre of our war with Spain will be thoroughly covered by the staff of Harper\u2019s Weekly correspondents during the coming month Its special artists and writers will follow every movement of our forces on \"land and sea, and the important events! at Washington will receive careful attention.Mr.Stockton\u2019s serial, \u2018The Associate Hermits,\u201d will run during the summer months.Various topics of interest and importance to women will be treated in Harper's Bazar during the coming month by such well-known writers as Marion Harland, Dr.Grace Peckham Murry, and Mrs.H.L.Plunkett.Mr.Howell\u2019s serial, \u201cRagged Lady,\u2019\u2019 is fulfilling the promise of excellence given in the opening chapters, and will be a most attractive feature of the periodical during the remainder of the year.The timely naval story by James Barnes, entitled \u201cThe Blockaders,\u201d opens the number of Harper\u2019s Round Table for August.Joseph H.Adam\u2019s directions for building a house-ratf will prove ofinterest and value to many, being fully illustrated by pictures and working plans.The issue also includes the winning story of the recent \u2018\u201c\u2018Short Story Competition,\u201d further instalments of \u2018The Adventurers\u2019 and \u2018\u201c\u2019The Copper Princess,\u201d and the usual variety of entertaining fiction and instructive articles.Suiting the paper to the season, the proprietors are making the attractive offer of asummer subscription of three months for twenty-five cents, which will undoubtedly attract considerable attention.\u2014 Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, July 11, 1898.The Three Famed Blacks Of the world are Diamond Dye Fast Black for Wool, Diamond Dye Fast Black for Cotton and Mixed Goods, and Diamond Dye Fast Black for Silk and Feathers.The results that each of these Blacks produce are marvelous and pleasing.Your faded and dingy dresses, jackets, capes, coats, pants, vests, hose, etc., that are now useless and repulsive ldoking, can be made like new garments with the Diamond Dye Blacks.Your faded, rusty and dead looking silks and feathers are rade new creations by using Diamond Dye F ist Black, for Silk and Feathers.Do not be deceived by bulky package dyes adulterated with grease and other foreign substances; insist upon your dealer giving you Diamond Dyes.one packet of which will dye as much as three packets of any other make.ÇA, + and, after Monday, June 27, 1898, trains On will run as follows: TRAINS LEAVE SHERBROOKE.THROUGH EXPRESS\u2014 Leave Sherbrooke 8.45 a.m.Arrive Dudswel} Jet.T-85 a.m, Levis, 11.408.m.* Quebec (Ferry) 1145 * This train runs daily, Sundays included has Pullman cars and through coaches trond Boston to Quebec and Springfield to Quebec without change.: MAIL\u2014 Leave Sherbrooke, 8.30 4.m.Arrive Dudswell Jet., 9.258.m.vis, 2.10p.m.* Quebec (Ferry) 2.153 * This train runs daily, Sundays excepted.êtes HMODATION\u2014 Leave Sherbrooke, Arrive Beauce Jet, A + Levis, 8.450.m.Quebec (Ferry) T.00 a.m.This train runs daily, Sundays excepted.TRAINS LEAVE SHERBROOKE.THROUGH EXPRESS\u2014 Leave Quebee tFerry) \" evis He p.m.13 p.m.Dudswell Jet.8.15 5 ve Sherbrooke, 9.30 p.m, This train runs daily, Sonduys included and has through Pulman Cars and through coache frow Quebec to Boston and Springfield without Arrive change, MAIL\u2014 Leave Quebre (Ferry) 145p.m.\u201c evis 2.15 p.m.Arrive Dudswell Jet., 6.53 p.m.* Sherbrooke.8.10 p.m.This train runs daily, Sundays excepted.ACCOMMODATION \u2014 Leave Quebec (Ferry) 7.30 p.m.» Levis 8.00 pan.Arrive Beauce Jet.10.40 p.m.Leave Beauce Jet.8.00 a.m, Arrive Sherbrooke 9.25 a.m.This train leaving Levis Saturday nights Tuns ns far as Beauce Jet, and from Beauce Jet.to Sherbrooke on Monday morning.Connections made at Dudswell Junction wit! tre Maine Central R.R.so that passengen, leaving Sherbrooke in the morning arrive at Cookshire, Sawyerville and other points same morning: and returning may leave these points in the afternoon connecting with Quebec Central at Dudswell Jet.arrive Sherbrooke same «vening.Tourists and Seaside Tickets to all point and Saturday Excursion Tickets good to £9 Saturday and return following Monday may be had on application to agents.For tickets and further information appl this Company's Agents.Pply to FRANK GRUNDY, General Manager.J.H.WALSH, Gen'l Pass\u2019r Agent, Boston & Maine Railroad.Stanstead and Derby Line Branch.Commencing Monday, June 27, 1898, Trains leave Rock Island and Derby Line as follows: 5.04 a.m.for Montreal (C.P.& G.T.) Queb (G.T.& Q.C.) and Sherbrooke.Quebec 8.04 am Boston and New York, for Montreaz (CP.3.20 a,m, for Sherbrooke «local.) 12,04 p.m.for South.1.18 p.m.for Sherbrooke, Island Pond (G.T.) and Montreal (G.T,) 8,80 p.m.for Newport faccomodation) and Montreal (10.34 p.m.Sundays.) 949 p.m, for Montreal \u2018(G.T.) Quebec (GT.and Q.C.) for Boston and New York, Trains arrive at Rock Island and Derby Line: From South\u20143.23 and 8.17 a.m.and 1.43, 7.30 and 10.53 p.m.From North\u20148.23 a.m., and 12.30 7.80 0.53 pon 7-80 and Outward trains leave Stanstead Plain 3 minutes earlier than R.I and D.L.time.Inward trains arrive at Stanstead Plain 5 minutes later than Rock Island and Derby Line time.YOUNG WILDIDLE.Race Record 2.22-2.Sired by Electioneer, 125, Sunol 2,08 Palo Alto 2, 2,50 and better.1st, Dam Beatrice by Wildidle.2nd damBetty Mohawk by MohawkChief, 3rd d.Lady Butler hy John Nelson, 187.For further deseription and full account of his breeding and terms of service apply to J.H, Montle.Will bi kept at Fred Pivrces Stable, opposite E.T.Bank, Stanstead, P.Q.I have just received by Express, this morn- inga New Line of Summer Millinery Consisting of Hats, Ribbons, Flowers and Foliage.This Season I am making a Specialty of S h i rt Wai sts, \u2018a! are so popular also Shirt Waist Sets, and Neck Ties.Dress Trimmings.Liberty Silks and Chiffons in all Shades and Jarge quantities, Call and examine Goods.MISS H.A.TINKER, Derby Line, - = Something Now Flour, Feed and Vermont.Grocery Store at SMITHS MILLS.8eed, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Peas, Grass Seed, Clover, ete., etc Fresh Stock of Groceries at bottom prices.Bread Flour warranted, 84.18.J.H.Merrill, Smith\u2019s, Mills.\u2018 {N\\ i 4 i EASTERN TOWNSHIPS BANK.Established 18£9.Capital - $1,500,000 Reserved Fund - 785,000 BOARD OF DIRECTORS.R.W.HENEKER, President.Hox.M.H.COCHRANE, Vice-President, ISRAEL Woob, T.J.Tuck, G.STEVENS, JOHN G.FOSTER, J.N.GALER, THOMAS HART, N.W THOMAS.HEAD OFFICE \u2014 SHERBROOKE, P.Q.Wu.FARWELL, Genergl Manager; 8.EvGELL, Local Managers.F.MOREY, Inspector of Branches.BRANCHES.Waterloo, W.1, Briggs, Mgr.; Stanstead.8.Stevens, Mgr.: Cowansville, J.MaeKinnon, Mgr.Conticook, B.Austin, Mer.: Richmond, W.L.Ball, Mgr.; Granby, W.H.Robinson, Mgr.; Bedford, E.W.Morgan, Mgr.; Huntingdon, E.N.Robinson, Mgr.Magog, E.P.Oliver, Mer.: St, Hycinthe, J.Laframbuise, Mgr.AGENTS IN MONTREAL\u2014 Bank of Montreal.London Eng., National Bank of Scotland Boston National Exchange Bank.New York, National Park Bank.Collections made in a} accessible points.Drafts issued for any required amounts, good at all points in Canada, United States and Europe.Exchange bought and sold.SAVINGS BRANCH DEPARTMENT.at ench Office.Interest allowed from date of deposit and compounded annualiy, without requiring the attention of the depositor.Office hours from 10 to 3, Saturdays from JU to 1.50 YEARS\u2019 EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DesiGNS COPYRIGHTS &C.sending a sketch and description may A seertain our opinion free whether an hahly patentable.\u20ac tions strictly confidential, Handbook on Patents gent free.Oldest agency for securing patents, Patents taken through Munn & Co.recelve {al notice, without charge, in the \"Scientific American, somely illustrated weekly.Largest cir.Ae of any scientific journal, Terms, $3 a MU four months, $1.Sold by all newsdeulers.NN 8 (0,36 1Broadwar, New York Branch Office, 625 F St, Washington, D.C.Farm Machinery ! EFORE BUYING a new Harrow, call and see the Frost & Wood New Style Disc Harrow The latest and best; also Spring Tooth Harrows, Single and Gang Plows, Seeders, Wooley Plows and Repairs.The latest thing in Cultivators.Cast off the old fogy ideas and get something up-to-date\u2014in keeping with the times\u2014 then you will enjoy life better, and may yet make a dollar on the farm.A.W.PARKER, Rock Island.Headquarters for Farm Machinery, Undertaking.1 have on hand a full line of UNDERTAKING SUPPLIES.Robes of ail descriptions.Natural flower designs got up at short notice; will alse engrave name: plates.Plense give me n call and I will try and give satisfaction in price and goods.E.AUDINWOOD, Rock Island, P.Q.& Derby Line, Vt.Bell Telephone call No.58, FLINT\u2019S Compound Syrup of White Pine and Tar PROMPTLY CURES Coughs, Colds, and all Affections of the Throat and Lungs.LARGE BOTTLES 25c.\u2014 AT \u2014 FEINTS DRUG STORES, Derby Line & Rock Island A HAY DERRICK.Easily Moved and Cau Be Taken Apart After Use and Put Under Shelter.This hay derrick for field stacking, of which The National Stockman and Farmer gives a cut, is reported bya correspondent of that journal as having worked satisfactorily lust ycar.The frame can be bolted together if the maker wishes to take it down and put under shelter for use in after years or spiked together if he wishes to let it stand in the field.A pulley is used at each end of the long arm across the top.The pulleys can be best attached to the arm by clevises of suitable size.À third pulley is attached to one of the lower corners of the frame as most convenient when the derrick is in position for stacking.The base of the frame illustrated is 10 feet square, 10 feet high and 5 feet square at the top.Lumber 10 feet .ing their honey honestly A HAY DERRICK, FACING COMB HONEY, What Some Comission Men Have to Say on This Subject.The question of facing comb honey is one of so much importance to beekeepers thut The American Bee Journal has taken the trouble to ascertain the views of a number of commission men in regard to it.A New York firm in a vig- vrons reply says: How can it be to the interest of any beekeeper to face or mix his honey?Would any man with com- nion sense think for one momennt that he would gain by such a practice, whether he shipped his honey on commission or sold it?He might just as well face the crate with buckwheat combs and put the white honey in the center of the crate, for the result would be the same.He would only realize the price of buckwheat, or, in other words, the lowest merchantable value for all of it.Facing or irregular grading will depreciate the value of the entire shipment.A Boston firm expresses the following opinion: As large handlers of honey on commission wo have at all times tried to impress on our regular shippers the absolute necessity of grad- In this way, and this only, is it possible to secure results satisfactory to the shipper and give the purchaser what be ni.desire, and what to our mind should be the aim of every producer\u2014the building up by careful grading of à demand for a brand, because it is always what it is represented to be and what Ît appears to be.While it might not be dishonest in the strict sense of the word to mix fancy, No.J and No.2 comb honey in the sume case provided it was so understood by the purchaser at the time of tho sule, yet the result would wirbout doubt \u201cbe disastrous to the shipper, for tho in length can be used for the whole of it, cutting pieces in half for the top part of the frame.The illustration shows three sides cross braced.The fourth side is not, as it makes it more convenient to take the pole down.The sills for the frame are 2 inch by 10 inch by 10 foot joists, with the ends sloped from under part up, so that they will slide like a sled when it is desired to move the derrick by hitching a team to it.The pole is 25 feet long.It should be 7 inches in dimmeter at base and 5 inches at top.Across the runners at center use a piece of timber 2 inches by 12 inches, 10 feet long, with 2 inch hole\u2014or larger\u2014in center for tenon, cut at end of pole to rest in, the shoulder around the tenon resting on the timber.( The long arm is 15 feet long, and the correspoudent thinks it should be two! feet longer.Short end is 544 feet long, long end 1(!1g feet.This long arm should be 2 inches Ly 5 inches, 17 feet long, good solid timber, using brace for short end 8 feet long, 2 inch by 4 inch scantling, and long brace same kind of material, 14 feet long.Two pieces, 2 inches by 6 inches, 5 feet long, should be used across the top of the frame with circular notches to fit the polo and hold it in place.The braces on the long arm should both be fastened on the same side of arm and pole then when the rope is in the pulleys it will run directly beneath the long arm and between the braces ani the pole.About three feet from the Lase of the pole will be noticed a projecting rod.This is one inch iron about four feet long, fitting in an auger hole in the pole.This is used as a lever to turn the arm around over the stack when loaded.The high end of the long arm as shown in the illustration is about 28 fect from the ground.The frame must set close i to the butt of stack or rick, tho bulge of the stack coming out against the frame.Turnips For Home Use.Where ouly a few choice turnips are: Judd ; table wanted for use Orange Farmer advis Prepare ground from which early vegetables have been removed.arc usually available first.Remove all rubbish, spade up and pulverize the ground thoroughly.See that it is well compacted, then loosened upon the surface, condition to resist drought, as there are likely to be short periods of dry wueath- er at this senson.If the seed can bo put into the ground just before a rain, there will be much more likelihood of its growing.Sow at rate of one to two pounds per acre.Cover lightly with a rake.The crop will need no furth r attention except to pull the weeds which start before the turnips are large enough to shade the ground amd thus smother them.If n heavy shower should cause a crust to fori before the young plants ure up, break this up with a light garden rake.Continue to stir tho soil nntil the growth of the plants prevents further work.Some of the following varieties wiil prove desirable: Early Snowball, Early Flat Duich, Long White, Early White Milan.\u2014\u2014 Shallow Culture and Root Tearing.Criticising the declaration we Ve some advocates of shallow 6 that this is always best, uw + of Farm, Field and Fire: , are times when we neva |: deep, as à piece of fall pl ground often gets 80 Lard ts.will not penetrate the grou.Such ground should be culti uted.early to allow the corn roots to ze « enough so a dust blanket can Le fr above them by shallow cultivation Li.in the season, as only shallow culture on such grounds would cause the ruots to grow on the surface of the soil and be torn off at each cultivation of the soil, and root tearing should be avoided as much as possible.It must be in the bust possible Lettuce, onion or radish beds reason that the purchaser would at once decide that à large share of the honey Was second grade and only bay at à: very low price.Then again such a practice would most certainly destroy coufi- dence in brands, and as a vesult prices would not apd could not be such as to equal that realized from boney sold strictly on its true grade value Our upinien, after many years of experience, is tu grade very carefully, marking each case in such a way that we can keep it separate, placing your full name and brand où the funey and No.| grades, but use only initials or a different brand en the No, Z and dark.In this way you will be able to keep your brand A1 in vvery respect, ns it should be, and thus create a demand and reputation which will be your best capital in tue future.Destroying Grasshoppers.The \u2018hopper dozer' is a much used device for killing grasshoppers.As described and figured some years ago by Professor Riley it is a sheet of ordinary sheet iron, such as is used for making stovepipes, tumed up 1}4 inches around the edges and riveted at the corners This makes a shallow pan about 8 fect long, 2 feet broad and 1!£ inches deep.To the bottom of this are riveted six small strips which can be fastened to the three runners on which the pan rests.To the rear side of the pan is screwed a light, wooden frame, as long as tbe pan and 134 feet high.Over this frame a picce of canvas is stretched.This frume serves the important oflice A HOPPER DOZER, .of throwing back all those grasshoppers that otherwise would jump clean over the pan and throws them into the oil.The runners are made from saplings or small pices of board.The front ends are screwed to a crosspiece which is drawn by two ropes fastened to a singletree.Just in front of the pan a rope sweeps the ground to stir up the hoppers and make them jump into the pan.In the pan is laid a piece of cloth which is first saturated with water.About a pint of kerosene is then thrown in and the upright sheet or sail of canvas moistened with oil.The machine is then drawn over the pasture or wherever the ! hoppers are thickest.The slightest touch of kerosene, either from the pan or from the canvas sheet, means death to the hopper.New Ideas About San Jose Scale, Professor Webster of the Ohio station is reported as advancing the idea that Japun is the home of the Sun Jose scale, amd that it has not been destructive there as in other countries because it is kept in check by some native parasite.Professor Webster is planning a trip to Japan to ascertain if his ideas are correct.in which case it would be an eusy matter to import and breed the Jupanese parasite enemy and turn it louse npon the scale in this country.News and Notes.Complete fertilizer is one which contains the three essential fertilizing con- stituents\u2014that is, nitrogen, phosphoric agid and potash.Don't let the teams suffer for want of water.The wonderfully fine quavty of English Wiltshire bacon has been ascribed to the fact that the hogs in that district are fattened on whey and barley meal.Crown gall of the peach is a direase that bas recently come into prominence, especially on nursery stock.Among the newer verieties of asparagus the Mammoth White and Colam- bian have met with favor.Some of the experiment stations are working on the problem of how to reduce the great amount of hard hand labor required in thinning sugar beeta.A successful solution would mean much to sugar beet culture.ror ms en mir HINTS ON HIGHWAYS.PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR BUILDING AND REPAIR.Surface Material Should Bo Free From Sand and Clay\u2014Keep the Foundation | Dry-\u2014Beware of Ruts\u2014Width of Roadway And Helght of Crown.The following practical suggestions, from The Municipal World, coucisely explain the principles of road coustruc- tion, dealing especially with the formation and care of gravel roads: | Every good rond has two essential : fentures: (a) À thoroughly dry fonnda- tion; (b) a smooth, hard, waterproof surface covering.| The foundation is the naturæl subsoil, \u2018\u201cthe dirt round,\u2019 which must be kept dry by good drainage.; The surfuce covering is generally a coating of gravel or broken stone, which i should Le put on the roud in such a way that it will not in wet weather be; churned up and mixed with the earth | beneath, That is, it sbould form a dis tinct coating, To accowplish this (a) the gravel or stone should contain vory litte sand or clay\u2014it should be clean; (b) the road must Le crowned or rounded in the con ter so as to shed the water to the open drains; (¢) rats must not be allowed to form, us they prevent water passing to the open drains; (dy the open drains must bave à sufficient fill and free out- fet, so that the water will not stand in them, but will be carried away imame- diately: (0) tile underdraîns should le Laid wherever the open drains are not sufficient and the ground his aomaist or wet appearance, with a tendeney to al sorb the gravel and rut readily.By this means the foundation is made dry.Do not leave the gravel or stone just as it drops from the wagon, but spread | | SAND MAKES A POOR Rosh, \u201cit xo that travel will at onee pass over and consalidate it before the fall rains.Keep the road metal raked or scraped | into the wheel or horse tracks until consolidated.Grade and crown the road before putting on gravel or stone, If a grading machine is available, grade the roads which you intend to gravel before the time of statute labor and usa the statute labor as far as possible in drawing gravel.: A fair crown for gravel roads on level | ground is one inch of rise to each foot | of width from the «ide to the center, i The roads ou bills should have a grester crown than on leve) ground; otherwire the water will follow the wheel tracks and create deep ruts instead of pissing to the side drains.One and one-half inches to the foot from the side to center will be sufficient.Repair old gravel roads which bave » hard center but too little crown and | high, square shoulders by cutting off the shoulders, turning the material outward and placing new gravel or stone in the center.Do not cover the old gravel foundation with the mixture of earth, sod and fine gravel of which the shoulders ure composed.The shoulders can be most easily eut off by means of à grading machine.A width of 24 fect between ditches will miéet most conditions, with the ceutral eight feet graveled.Wherever water stands on the roadway or by the roadside or wherever the ground remains moist or is swamps is spring and fall better drainage is needed.Look over the road nuder your charge after heavy rains and during spring | freshets.The work of a few minutes in freciug drains from ohstruction or di verting a current of water into a proper channel may become the work of days \u201cif neglected.Surface water should be disposed of in small quantities, Great accumula tions gre Lurd to handle and are de structive.Ubtain outlets into natural water courses as often as possible.Instead of having deep, open ditehes to underdrain the Toul and dry the foundation use tile.Give culverts a good fall and free outlet so that water will uot freeze in them | In taking gravel from the pit sco that precautions are taken to draw only | clean material.Do not let the face of the pit be scraped down.mixing clay, sand and tarf with good gravel.There isa tendency to draw dirty gravel.as it is easter to handle Gravel which retains a perpendicular face in the pit in the spring and shows no trace of slipping 1s generally fit for use on the road without treatment.Dirty gravel xbouold be screened.Plan and lay out the work before calling out the men ! When preparing plans, keep the work | of succeeding years in view.Call out for each day only such a number of men aud teams as can be properly directed.In laying out the work estimate on & full day's work from each man and see that it is performed.Specify the uum- : ber of loads of gravel to constitute à | day's work.Every wagon box should | hold a quarter of a cord.¢ Make all returns clearly, showing who have dome their work and who have uot.Do all work with a view to permanence and durability.i ; With , pos sof moisture and temperature ; Wagons LIGHT STONE ROADS.With Perfect Drainage Eight Inches of Stone Will Support Trafic.**A properly constructed road should \u201cre made of unassorted stone, not too \u2018large or hard and with a Cainount of chips and screenings to fill sufficient voids and with proper wetting and rolling during construction, '\u201d said a men- .ber of the Engineers\u2019 club of Philadel.*phis.*\u2018\u2019Fhis will give a firm, solid road, £ud one that will be drier in wet wenth- er, wear longer and givo more satisfac tion in all seasons than any in which foreign material has been used.\u201d When stone roads were first built, a depth of upward of 20 inches was thought necessary, but experience showed that this was not required.It was reduced to 12 or 15 inches, and now some roads are constructed having but \"8, 6 or even 4 inches of stone, though a greater depth is still generally advised Where light stone rounds are constructed particular attention must be $id to secure well drained earth foundations as well as good surface drainage.The roadbed must bo shaped fo correspond tho desired surface: the stone must be a quality offering the best re sistance to wear, and the surface must hold together compactly and not break through under heavy loads.In stiff clay soils coarse sand or fing gravel may be used for foundation by excavating the roadbed six inches bé- : low the subgrade and rolling the material until thoroughly Hood results can be obtained by laying a light stone covering on a bed under drained by tile laid parallel with the axis of the road and at a depth regu- i lated Ly tts width, care being taken that the filling in over the tile be done with porous materials, that the cross drains are properly placed and tut tie side gutters are not neglected.Sandy districts says Che authority, matural advantages, and he bes heves that \u2018the best road fosndation is clean course sand, us 1 not onix changes its bulk least under vatrente conditrous but at ets Covering, Z as au cushion for the mead \u201cmaking its surface more clostie and less Table to rue\u201d When the hed as proper: Iv dened, shaped el roll the covering 1s to he of coarse and ne stones, propertiched to LIL all voids fhe hid ing as hard as the metal 1self.and u tear ton steaun roller to connut it wah water flushes on\u2019 the surface, COSTLY HIGHWAYS.Every Good Road Demonstrates That Poor Ones Are the More Expensive, When onee the t gets tirmly estab: lished in the minds of the farmers of the United States that it is more make and keep in condition gol rouds, they will take an active interest in the question and an er of road building will buggin which, will add to their wealth, prosperity and comfort and benefit the country at large as mueh as | has the laying of the railroad tracks and the advance of the steam locomotive Let those engaged inagriculture study such figures us those recently issued by the supervisor of rouds in the state of New York, wherein ho shows that it costs half as much to baal produce threo \"miles by wagon a8 it costs to haul it CRO0 miles où the railroad.The super- à jockey.and, Jacking tho proper on- visor figures out that with a system of good maendam roads the farmers would save an amount cach year equal to the intcrest on from £10 to E30 an acre, ae- cording to the erop raired, and would increase the value of their land either to sell or holt Ly a likéanount \u2014Phils- delphia Inguirer.CINDERS AS ROAD METAL.Excellent For Pathe, It Might Do Equntly Well on tbe Public Highways.The value of cinders for paths is enthusiastically dwelt upon by a Long Island paper, which says that they secure firm traveling in all sorts of bad weath- § er when anything else would fail to provide it and cites cases in town to this effect.It alsa goes further and wants a streteh of roadway laid with them in order to see whether der heavy travel.Their action ray be determined as follows: CEL each half fall of loam: then fill it up witor water, Now put on vour rubber boots and step in, You can re! Hy force y nr feet duwie to tie hottes of the tub in the soft mud, If fine said were ured, a quickaand would have re sulted, Now try the une experiment with cinders, The water has 10 tenden- ey to soften them.You may stam) aud stir them, bur you cannot make mud of them, You will eteud finally où the sur- fice of tho cinders, and it is only wth great effort thut you can grin) your font down icto them at ail\u201d Effect of Wide Tires.The effect of wide tires on ronds has been shown clearly on ar treet in Springfield, Mass, over which heavy quarry are driven.The road was formerly badly cut ap.but a number of years ago it was given a heavy surface cout of gravel with the understanding that wide tires should be put on the wagons carrying the quarry stone.This was done, the tires being four to five inches wide, and since that time the street has seen in good condition, although little has been done to it Road Briefs.We can't make good weather, but we can make good roads that bad weather won't affect so sadly.The terms \u2018\u2018highway\u2019\u2019 and \u2018\u201chighroads\u2019 came into use from an enrly custom of raising public rouds above the level of the country through which they passed in order to secure drainage.Nature is not a road builder.She never prepare artificial means of living, but she for: shes ample material for every need, : d science long since learned how to tilize what she offers to meet the w essities of our complex civilization.compacted, \u2018 Wien these materials are not accessible, ex, ; peusive to maintain bad roads than to they © would give like satisfactory results un ! THE SPORTING WORLD.| Captain Allyn K.Capron, who was | killed at La Quasina while command.| ing Company \u2018L, Roosevelt's rough riders, on June 24, posed for a series of { Photographes published in the New York i Times, illustrating correct and incorrect sent, corroot and incorrect manner of | mounting.To mount, stand on the left side of { \u2018ne horso, almost opposite the girth, i | | HOW TO MOUNT A HORSK.facing townnil the horse nnd lightly toward the tront Take the reins in the right hand, toreinger between thom, send place the right hand on the pom- dine! Place the left Foot us far as the tall in Che stirrup, weight of body on ball of right font To mount spring from might foot, holding firmly to the mine amd keeping right hand on pone met\u201d Betting en Horse Races.No man in the business is more fn.miliar with the difficultivs of the bets tor\u2019> let than M PF lwver For the Lest 20 vues he has stood an the front rane and Led the attacks on the betting ring He his niet wath serious reverses ar numes.but has rathed aon nod sill habs is position as the heaviest hettor in the caintry He sand to the writer recently that one of the chiel reasons bettors found the game a diflienlt one wits no wallhigness to tnke chinees-\u2014u destre to reup a fortune with a singly stroke Me Dawson has been and is still uated for ns willingness to accept short prices.He will bet thousands at 1 to b wind refuse to Invest at Dota ld He ox- plans Vis by save CO voue hache ny horse at [to i, 11 1s 5to 1 vou win, If the price us 5 to L'against vour choice, Wis hte 1 von lose In other words, the \u201ceertiunties\u201d are the best investments Advice of thus sort seems all right for the plunger.but the small in.| vestor finils it hard to accept st Tuko the #5 bettors The favarite 1s at odds on.1 douks as if he should win, bug tho prive offers no temptation He looks for ithe unexpected and bats accordingly.The result enn he anticipated Ho loses.Ureed wrecks bank rolls.\u2014If J.Bryan in New York Jonrnat | - Cycle Racers.| The followers of cyclo racing aro a \"singular lot.Two weeks ago the ad- (mirers of Michael could be counted in large numbers, but since his defeat by i MeDuflie tho general feeling is that the little Welshman will not be so farmida- ; le in middle dist-uico races.16 18 tho pinion that Michael aspires to become thusinsm in his cyclo work, is inclined to loue heart in n contest with oman {Who is bis equal.Whoelmen who keep La éloge watch on the movements of the [racing men declare that there is somo- {thing wrong with Michael this season.| Beforo he met McDuffie it was reported \"that he was in excellent trim and was riding faster in his practice work than aver before, His performance in that | contest naturally disappointed his (friends In England tho leading distance men have always charged that the | riders in this country overestimated tho {ability of Michael, and now that tho \"middle distance coterio has grown in | this country and Michael will meot spo- i cially trained riders in his own class it may he found that this declaration is | based on fact.\u2014 New York Sun.\u2018The Gaar Question.One subject more than another upon \u201cwhich new bicycle riders and intending mes ask advice is that of gears.The question of what gear to ride is as perplexing to the novice as the choice of 8 wedding present One friend hids him take a low gear anid another says high gear, and each adviser names tho sizo cased by himself It must bo readily Lpercetved that it is all a matter of individual suitability.The only thing to be said about eyelists who rude 60 and \u201cChose who use 110 aud about all who ride any gear between 18 [iucaln\u2019& re mark, \u2018For those who like that sort of thing it is just the kind of thing that {sort of people would like.\u201d No une can (tell what size gear to Fe until after (riding awhile, and it 14 therefore well to begin with a moderately low gear on the first wheel and work upward along the scale as strength and expertness are pained Cheap Wheels.\u201cTho crop of cheap bicycles,\u201d says The Wheel, \u2018\u2018is beginning to yield tho inevitable harvest.Already complaints ure being beard from all quarters of the stripping of threads because of the softness of the material, the leakage of por.pus tires.the breakage of chung and pedal shafts, the unbrazing of carelessly put together joints, and the thousand and one little ills that plagoe the proud possessor of the bargain counter bicycle.\u201d Athletes and the War.\u2018After the war ie over.\u2019 says James E.Sullivan, \u2018\u2018athletics may be expected to boom.It ig not to be expected under existing conditions that any sport will boom.It is my belief that in another year all the cycle tracks around New York can be made financialiy successful, although at least one Was constructed with a too lavish expenditure of money.\u2019 Cen 4 The Stanstead Journal.PUMASHEDL EVERY THURSDAY BY THE JOURNAL PRINTING CO.Rock Island, Que.$1.00 1,35 1.50 One year (advance payment) If paid in six months, At the end of the year, ADVERTISING RATES.Transiont advertising 10 cents a line for the first insertion and 3 cents a line for each subsequent insertion.13 lines totheincn.Noad- vertisment received for less than 5 cents, OTTAWA LETTER.THE GALICIANS.So much attention has been given recently in the news papers to one class of imigrants going in to the North West, namely, the Galacians from Austro-Hungary, and so many inaccuracies have been allowed to creep into the articles written thereon that a simple statement of a few acknowledged facts will be of service, While the majority of these people are only recent arrivals, some hundreds have been in the country from two to four years and areport on their general condition may be reasonably taken as an indication of the general outlook for the entire community.From the latest reports published, we find in several settlements around Winnipeg there are families of Galici- ans owning their own farms upon which they have erected comfortable houses and out-buildings, the latter being well stocked with horses, cuttle and all farm requisites.In fact the Inspector states that in many cases they are better housed and equipped than many older English settlers.Not only are they doing well on their own farms but large numbers of them hire out during the busy season at good wages.This condition of affairs is repeated over and over again; a few points that may be specifically mentioned being Yorkton, White- wood, and Saltcoast in East Assini- boia, in the vicinity of Edmonton, and through the Saskatchewan district, at Stuartburn and Gonor and a dozen other points in Manitoba and elsewhere.In fact with the one solitary exception of a small settlement near Fort William in Ontario, actual investigation discloses a most satisfactory and creditable state of affairs.QUITE AS GOOD AS THE NEXT.The proportion of Galicians taking up homesteads is as large as that of those coming in from the Empire and the United States.In 1897, for instance, 358 families took up homesteads as against 363 English and 164 from the United States.This year up to May 30th, the figures are: Galici- ans 239, English 170 and United States 208.It may be also pointed out that the Galicians are only a moderate proportion of the total arrivals in the country, for up to May 30th this year, there arrived in Winnipeg 16,451 im- igrants, out of whom only 2307 were Galiciaus, while 2364 were from the United Kingdom and 2020 from the United States.These figures are from the latest returns and place the mat- tter in a different light altogethér from what would appear from the perusal of the interminable screeds to to which some papers are almost daily treating their readers.THE GOVERNMENT PAYS NOTHING, Another point may be mentioned in this connection, the Government is not paying $5 a head to these people as an inducement to come to Canada, nor has it ever paid them.For twenty years agents of steam ship companies have been bonused at the rate of #5 per head for all imigrants brought out, but not one cent has gone to the imigrants or the steamship companies.Even this $5 has been stopped now as far as the Gali- cians are concerned and those that are now coming in are not costing the country one cent.SIR WILFRID AND THE SPANIARDS.Terrible things are going to happen to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and through him to the Dominion for the action of the Government in insisting upon the departure of Senors DuBosc and Carranza from Canada.All manner of absurd accusations of cringing and sycophancy towards the United States have been brought against Sir Wilfrid, but as the Conservative \u201cNews\u201d of Toronto remarks, the Premier could not do anything else and \u201cit is the height of folly to charge him with undue friendship for the United States in taking such action.\u201d Any one that pretends to the slightest knowledge of international precedure knows perfectly well that a matter of that kind would only be dealt with after conference with the Imperial authorities and indeed it is more than probable that the Colonial Office in London took the initive.FAST ATLANTIC CONTRACT BROKEN.A London despatch says: Mr.Petersen, of the Petersen Tait & Co.,has been notified by the Canadian dov- ernment that the fast mail contract must be considered at an end.Petersen\u2019s firm will, the Government asserts, forfeit its deposit of £10- 000.New tenders will not be called for immediately.Other firms are said to be willing to contract for the same subsidy as Petersen\u2019s, whose failure is considered due more to powerful opponents than the de- ereased subsidy.LAKE MASSAWIPPI.(continued) Last, but not least, among the villages in the near vicinity of Mas- sawippi is North Hatley.Although younger than the other villages in Hatley, it Is no disparagement to any of them, to say that North Hatley is now the largest and most important village in the township.It is situated on the line of the Boston & Maine Railroad at the outlet of Massawippi Lake.For a good number of yeurs after the first settlement, the place was known by the local name of the outlet.The land about the outlet and near vicinity, remained a wilderness for about twenty years after the more Southern portions of Hatley, had been fairly well settled.The first beginning, of any note, within or near the present limits of North Hatley, was made by the late Ephraim Wadleigh.the latter part of the second decade: of the present century, he bought a block of land, which is now divided in, five or six farms and made an ex- | tensive clearing for the purpose of, raising grain, and securing pasturage | for young cattle.He never moved | his family to the outlet.His home was on the farm, now owned by Mortimer Webster, Esq., about one and | a half miles north from Hatley village.; When working here he lodged himself and help in a comfortable log, cabin, the floor of which was made of i split and hewn basswood plank.The ground on which the cabin stood is | now in the door yard of W.E.Leba- | ron.The writer remembers the camp | very well; and also remembers that, after Mr.Wadleigh had done with it,\u2019 having parcelled his land into farms, and sold them, the cabin was used, for | two or three summers, as a district school, where the elder children of the back woods settlers in the neigh- | berhood of the \u2018Outlet,\u2019 received their first initiation of the \u2018Three Rs.\u201d The school was taught by Miss Lydia | Eaton, a native of Reading, Vt.She | had come to North Hatley with the | family of her brother-in-law, Thos.i Abbott.She afterwards married Ve- nan Bean.They settled on lot twen- ty-four third range, in Hatley, where they lived comfortably to an advanced age.During one of the years, while \u2018 Uncle Ephraim,\u2019 as they called him, was operating at the outlet, he and his eldest son, Samuel Wadleigh, | raised on new land, in their \u2018Outlet\u2019 clearing, a thousand bushels of Indian: corn.This of course would not be a great feat in the corn belt of the great | Western States; but was pretty good farming for the Eastern Townships, and probably never has been done by any other farmer in that section.| The first permanent settlement, | within the present limits of North Hatley, was made by the late Capt.! Taylor Wadleigh, second son twenty-three, third range, in Hatley, | where he lived until his death in 1866, | aged nearly 67 years.| Capt.Wadleigh built the first frame\u2019 house in North Hatley.It was built\u2019 in the summer of 1828.ltis now owned by G.A.LeBaron, Esq., of Sherbrooke, and is known as Dreamland cottage.The scenery in and about North Hatley, is generally admitted to be beautiful, almost beyond compare.It | is now a noted place of summer re- | sort, where some hundred people, : from cities in nearly all parts of Canada and United States, spend their summer vacation.~ Almost without exception, they are enthusiastic in\u2019 admiration of the beautiful scenery ! about Massawippi Lake and vicinity.Some of them who have traveled world wide, affirm that the beauty of scenery, in vicinity of North Hatley, is not surpassed in any place, either in the Alps, Pyrenees, Rockies, Adirondacks, or White Montains.Although residents of North Hatley, who have lived here from infancy, were always alive to the fact, that their lines had been cast in pleasant places, they did not know how incomparably beautiful were their surroundings, until some 12 or 15 yeais ago, when it was made known to them by a Southern gentleman, one Dr.Clark of Baltimore, Md.Dr.Clark was rusticating for a time at Lennox- ville.One day he chartered a team to take a drive around Massawippi Lake.In passing through North Hat- ley, he became so much impressed with the beauty of natural scenery, in sight, that he immediately engaged rooms in the place for the balance of the season.Of course he informed his friends of his discovery, and they in turn informed their friends and so on until North Hatley has grown in public estimation to its present proportions.To accomodate the ever increasing number of summer visitors several parties have purposely built roomy boarding houses, and lodging houses, and most of the residents in the place let their best rooms during the season and take special pains to make the sojourn of the visitors with them, pleasant and satisfactory.The board- era generally express themselves sat- lsfled with their entertainment, and Sometime, in; many of them return year after year to the same places.North Hatley has been the first village in the township of Hatley to grow to the dignity of a separate village municipality.It was incorporated as (such, in the fall of 1897, and Munici- | pal councillors still in office, elected (as follows: Dr.C.J.Edgar, Mayor; | B.LeBaron, Jean B.LeBaron, A.J.Gordon, R.E, McRay, J.M.Call and James Campbell; A.C.Jackson, Sec\u2019y- Treasurer.It is felt that the experts sent by the county council to estab- | lish the hounds of the new municipal- (ity made a mistake, and made the | territory too small.It would seem \"as though it would have been advis- \u2018able to have at least included the one school district (No.10} in the new municipality.Instead of that the \u2018new municipality embrasses a terri- | tory of perhaps two square miles out | of the centre of school district No.10, leaving the outskirts of the district in three directions, still in the Municipality of Hatley.Although thus limited in territory the municipality contains two churches, Episcopal and Universalist, having a resident pastor Rev.Edward Smiley and the Episcopalian supplied from the mission of Waterville.Rev.Mr.Tambs, Incum- | bent.À graded school, temperance hotel, resident physician, post office with daily mail, well supplied, well patronized circulating library, two general stores, store for the sale of.furniture, agricultural impliments, carriages, Harnesses, etc., grocery store, restaurant with pool room and bowling alley attached, barber\u2019s shop, blacksmith and repair shop, shoemaker's shop, two livery stables, dressmakers, ete., and about seventy dwelling houses.The steamer \u2018\u2018Mas- sawippi\u2019\u2019 has her home at North Hat- ley, and sail boats, row boats and canoes are in plenty, and can be hired by the season, day or hour.Passenger trains each way stop at the station at different hours each day, affording direct communication with the principal cities in the United States and Canada.Most of the land along the lakeshore, west side, some three miles above the \u2018Outlet\u2019 has been sold in small building lots, and most of them summer cottages have been built, and are occupied by their owners, some of whom come from Sherbrooke, some from Coaticook, others from Baltimore,Md., Washington D.C., and other places.CANADIAN PACIFIC COLLISION.The \u2018\u2018800\u201d\u2019 Train and an Excursion Special Meet Near Penbrooke.A despatch from Penbroke, Ont, | Druggist.says: Shortly after one o\u2019clock Sun- | day morning many citizens were a-' wakened from their slumbers by al terrific crash in the east end of the | own.! The regular Canadian Pacific Rail- | of Way passenger train, commonly known | pALE\u2014At © Ephraim Wadleigh, above mentioned |as \u201cthe Soo,\u201d passes this train on its Dale, infant daughter of Mr.and Mrs.H.H.\u20ac \u20ac \u20ac ni : 2 : ror : -wuele In the year 1821 \"he settled on lot WAY east at 1.024.m.On Saturday, Smith, aged nine weeks, 4 2 night it came into the station car- | rying a red signal, but, through some blunder on the part of some one, the train was not detained here, as should have been done, and shortly after.pulling out from the station it ran head on into a special passenger train loaded with excursionists returning from the North Lanark Agricultural Society\u2019s excursion to the Experimental farm.The accident occured about one and a half mile east of the Pembroke station.It was fortunately on a straight stretch of road where the engineers of both trains had time to realize the danger in which they and those under their charge were placed.They lost no time in reversing the engines and\u2019 applying the air brakes, and, this done, : they, with their firemen jumped for their lives.They were just in time, for a moment afterwards, the trains interlocked with a terrible crash, and had they remained nothing could could have saved them from instant death, The two engines were destroyed, and several cars.The tender of the \u201cSoo\u201d engine was jambed back into the baggage car, from the platform of which two tramps had been ejected before the train pulled out from tho station just a few minutes previously.To the cool-headedness of the engineers in charge of the two trains is due the credit that no lives were lost, and though all the passengers were badly shaken up there was not one who is at all seriously injured.Had there been any delay in applying the air brakes and reversing the engines the conseguence must necessarily have been fraught with dreadful fatality, but as it was the momentum of the two trains had been so reduced that neither was forced from the track when the crash came.OBJECT OF AMERICAN ANNEXATION ON.The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News says: \u201cThe Powers, with the exception of Great Britain, agree not to allow an American annexation of the Philippines or an Anglo-Amer- ican protectorate over the islands.\u201d A CARD\u2014Mr.and Mrs.H.H.Smith take this method to return their thanks to their neighbors and friends for their acts of kindness and sym- pathy during their recent afiction, SAVED HIMSELF.The foreman of a jury which lately sat in a New England court-room has a ready wit which served him well in a recent encounler with ore of the brilliant lights of the legal world.The judge is a man of abrupt speech and manner, but with a quick sense of humor.The foreman of the jury was late one day; only a few moments to be sure, but it was one of the judge's most irritable days, as he afterward owned.- \u201cI overslept, your honor,\u201d said the foreman with due meekness, as he took his seat.\u201cFine him,\u2019 said the judge, testily.\u201cMay it please your honor,\u201d said the foreman quickly, \u201cI did not dream of that!\u201d \u201cRemit the fine,\u201d said the judge, hiding his mouth with his hand for a moment; but his eyes betrayed him for all that.\u201d \u201cLast summer one of our grandchildren was sick with a severe bowel trouble,\u201d says Mrs.E.G.Gregory of Frederickstown, Mo.\u2018Our doctors remedy had failed, then we tried Chamberlain\u2019s Colic, Cholera and Di- arrhœa Remedy, which gave very speedy relief.\u201d For sale by J.T.Flint, KILLED IN THE SHAFTING.A sad fatality occurred at Gan- anoque, Ont., Satnrday afternoon in the carriage hardware and bolt works of George Gillis, when George Kelly, who was working the drop hammer, got caught in the belting and was carried around in the shafting, being instantly killed.When he had been hurled around several times the helt broke and he was thrown about twelve feet.When picked up he was alive, but lived only a few minutes.He leaves a wife and three small children.Reasons Why Chamberlain\u2019s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the Best.1.Because it affords almost instant relief in case of pain in the stomach, colic and cholera morbus.2.Because it is the only remedy that never fails in the most severe cases of dysentery and diarrhoea.3.Because it is the only remedy that will cure chronic diarrhæa.4.Because it is the only remedy that will prevent bilious colic.5.Because it is the only remedy that will cure epidemical dysentery.6.Because it is the only remedy that can always be depended upon in cases of cholera infantum.7.Because it is the most prompt and most reliable médicine in use for bowel complaints.8.Because it produces no bad results.- 9.Because it is pleasant and safe to take.10.Because it has saved the lives of more people than any other medicine in the world.The 25 and 50c sizes for sale by J.T, Flint, Druggist.DIED assville, on the 19th of July, Lilla Estray.Came into the college pasture on the 25th instant, à black and white yearling hull, Owner can have him by proving property and paying charges, Inquire of the Principal of Stanstead College, TO RENT.BLACKSMITH SHOP nnd Tools if desired.The shop is 24x44 feet, large enough for carriage repairing and horse showing, A good toeation, and the only shop in Ayer\u2019s Flat.Apply te CCW.VAUGHAN, Ayer's Flat, Que.PROVINCE OF QUESEC.School Municipnlity of the Township of Stanstead.NOTICE.To School Managers and Elementary Teachers.OU are hereby Notifled that on Sntur- day, August sixth, (6th) 1898, at the Hall nf CR.Ruiter, Smith Mills, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon.The School Commissioners for the said township, will meet for the purpose of engaging teachers for the scholastic year.The school Manages are requested to be in attendance, in order to recommend teachers for their respeetive districts, And, before engagement the teachers will be requested to submit their diplomas for approval of the mreting.By Order, C.A.JENKINS, Sec'y-Trens.3ow2 Great Mark Down Sale of Shirt Waists and Summer Hats.Smith's Mills, July 26, 1898, Wishing to eloa oat my entire stock of Shirt Waists and Summer Hats I have reduce 1 them to extremely low figures.Anyone wanting any thing in my tne don't fail to see those Dargains, MISS H.À.TINKER, Derby Line, .- Vermont, WANTED, General Agents.Best Money Maker Out.TheC A mpion vertising Co., NOTICE.ALL persons or person found meddling with or using the hydrants, except thuse authorized by the Trusteos or Councillors of the \u201cThree Villages\u201d will be prosecuted.I re- apectfully request that all patrons of the International Water Works will see that there is no leaknge or waste from taps snd pipes on their promises, H.8.HASKELL, 8iw4 Manager, Auction Sale.The Undermentioned property will be sold by auction at the RESIDENCE of H.H.SUDDARD, ajoining Kathun\u2019s Storchouse, Derby Line, \u2014_\u2014 on \u2014 Saturday, July 30th, at 2 p.m.Two new Express wagons, | nearly new top buggy, 2 new Harnesses, 2 second hand Single driving Harnesses, lot of Summer lap Robes, one set fine pump log Tools in first-class condition, 8 Tubles, Lamps, Chairs, Rocking Chairs 1 Stove, Rugs, Carpets, Cooking Utensils, Tinware, Pictures, Dishes, ete.Melodeom, Cur- taing, Chumber Set, 8 springs, 2 Mattresses, | Bedstead, | Bureau.1 Wash Sink.Terms: \u2014$10.00 and under eush, over $10 approved notes.E.AUDIN WOOD, Auctioneer.DERBY ACADEMY.Full Term Opens Tuesday, Aug.16, \u201908.Go to the Derby Academy because: 1 i gives a thorough preparation for college or life.2.It is up-to-date in methods.3.It has excellent, progressive and thoroughly competent instructors, 4.It has the state and teachers\u2019 course of geudy for secondary schools.5.It gives its graduates n two year's certificate, according to law, withont examination.a.has in its course the latest and best sys: tem of bookkeeping.7.Its location is the best for sehool purposes, 8.Expenses aro less than at other schools.9.Its pupils are led by the loftiest motives.10.It is the best equipped.Go to Derby to Attend School because It has an unsurpassed water system.It has a good sewerage system.It has excellent churches, high moral standards, o thrifty, progressive and kind hearted people, 4.It hus no saloons.5.It has no billiard or pool rooms.6 It has strictly temperance hotels, 7.It never has typhoid or diphtheritic epide- mies.1.2 For Catalogue address: G.A.ANDREWS, Principal, Derby, Vt, J.R.Farrant, NEWPORT, VT., Wishes to inform his customers, that he hasa full line of House or Bedding Plants by the piece, dozen, hundred or thousand.Also Cut Flowers and Floral Decorations, can he had at the shortest notier.Orders by Mail, Telegraph or Telephone promptly attended to.J.R.FARRANT, Newport, Vt.Every one welcome to look the Green Houses over, 28tP, McGILL UNIVERSITY, Montreal Session 1898-9.Matriculation Examinations, preliminary to the various Courses of Study, will be held as under: 34w4 *Faculty of Arts (including | the Donalda Special | .Course for omen ; Thurs.15th +Faculty of applied Science.j September.Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Law Faculty of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Science.Sat.17th Sept.*The Revised Curiculum in the Faculty of Arts comprises courses in Classics, English, Modern Langue , History, Philosophy, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, oology, futons These courses are opened also Ts PAR AL STUDENTS without matrieula- ion.In the Faculty of Applied Science, the courses in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Mining Engineering, Chemistry and Architee- ture, are also open to PARTIAL STUDENTS without matricaln jon.A xuminations for 20 First year Entrance Exhibitions in the Faculty of arts,ranging from $60 to 5230, will be held on the 15th Sept, at Montreal, St.John, N.B., Halifax, Charlottetown, St, John's, Nild.and other centres.The McGill Normal School will be re opened on 1st September, Particulars of Examinations, the calendar, containin conditions of Entrance Courses of Study Regulations for degrees, Exhibitions and Scholarships, Fees, ete, may be obtained on applica- Tues.ith Sept.and copies of y full information ns to tion to 30w13 W.VAUGHAN, Sveretary.IT IS FAACT man, À, SEARLES\u2019 svonz, Main Street, Beebe Plain, You can get the Best Value Goods cheerfully shown.rock bottom.for your money.Prices down to C.A.SEARLES, A.H.CUMMIMGS & SON Coaticook, : : Que.MANUFACTURERS or Moors, Sash, Blinds and Frames, Winlow Mouldings, Blanchard Churns and all kinds of House Finish Hard-wood Floor Boards and Matched manufactured from kiin-dried lumber Ceiling All orders promptly attended to.We are bound not fo be undersoid.SAMUEL E.ABBOTT.of STANSTEAD Is agent for that Township, © TPADIs our H.S.HUNTER UNDERTAKER and Undertakers\u2019 Supplies Hearse furnished at modorate rates.Stanstead Plain, P.Q Your Horse\u2019s Teeth May need attention now.Advice free, Services reasonable.15a Bleury 8t., Montreal.E.AUDINWOOD, Auction Sale Of the Assets of the Estate of The Late NELSON SPOONER, The Undersigned is instructed b of this estate to sell by suction at the : PF.Hackett, Advocate, Attorney for the Heirs on MONDAY, AUGUST FIFTEENTH at two o'clock in the afternoon all the 3 of this Estate Assots GONSISTING OF the Real Estate and Home Place at Linehoro, House, Barn and Out Buildings, about 7 acres of lund, 5 of which are in the state of Vermont, and the balunce in Genada- s he property called the \u201cSmall Spooner Place,\u201d with House and Barn and about one acre of land, Also part of Jot No.10.in the 6th range of the Township of Hatley, woed land, containing about 150 acres, Movable Property.All the Movable Assets of the Estate, consisting of about 12 tons of Hay.Also the Notes and Judgments, a list of which may be seen ut the office of M F Hackett.the heira office of Stanstead Plain, Cash.C.C.BEBEE, Auctioneer.Terms: At.FISH and McNEIL Blouses & Wrappers We will Sell The Balance of Our Large Stock of Blouses and Wrappers At Cost.Please Call and See What that means.Respectfully, FISH & McNEIL, Ayer\u2019s Flat, July 10th, 1898.Carriages The undersigned have received a car load of Express Wagons, Surries, Mikados, Concord Buggies, Top Buggies.These goods were bought of the Canada Carriage Co., at bottom prices and will be sold at a close margin.Don\u2019t fail to examine them and get prices before buying.HENRY TOMKINS, JOHN BLAIR.Beebe Plain, May 3, 1898.Leather Belting.All widths constantly vn hand at manufacturers\u2019 prices.LACE LEATHER, cut and by the side.J.B.GOODHUE, Rock Island, P.Q.JUST RECEIVED su A NICE LINE OF CANNED GOODS Which I am cutting loose at prices Jess than they ean bo bought to-day nt.wholesale, Best Peaches, Bartlett Pears, Green Gage Plumbs, Blue Plumbs, English Pickles, Tomatoes, Etc.Peaches and Pears formerly sold at 20c a can now 12',¢, warranted.Pure Paris Green 19c1b.2 carloads flour and feed coming.J.C.Downs & Co.We also have the best values in Tea and Coffee to ho found anywhere.Remember we make a speclalty of these lines, and buy in large quan- titles.We ean satisfy you, J.C.DOWNS & CO.Rock Islaad,P.Q., and Derby Line, Vt.Stanstead Plain. * i ;, s « ,îÎ - - \u2014 Business and Professional Cards.A DAY AT BAY VIEW COTTAGE.ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS.| ; vlute, which had «> [PROVINCIAL SUNDAY SCHOOL Upon the invitation of Mr.C.F.| G.H.Rawlins has bought out C.L.Commodore Schley, wa.sc stan CONVENTION.DR.C.J.EDGAR, Bayley u representative of the JOUR- 'McDougall\u2019s interest in the Sher- had gene on board lu re.wis Lie sure 83 Commercial 8t., Sherbrooke, Que.render, had directed that ail the.per- Office hours 1.00 to 4.00 p, m.Disvades of Children only.Both Telephones.DR.C.L.BROWN, Physician and Surgeon, Ayeor's Flat.Office next to P.O.Residence Chas, Vanghon's.W.A, REYNOLDS, D.D.8, (Boston Dental College) 180 Tremont 8t., Boston.Office hours: 9 to 4, DR.L.A.LAPALME, Physician and Surgeon, Stanstead Plain P.Q.Office and Residences at Dr.Canfield's old place.J.C.GILFILLAN, M.D., Homeophathic Physician and Surgeon, Beebe Plain, Vt.H.E.BOGUE, M.D,, Derby Line, Vt.RALPH M.CANFIELD, M.D., L.R.C.P.(London) Etc.413 Shawmut Avenue, Boston.Office hours: 1to8P.M., Tto8P.M, DR.J.E.C.TOMKINS, (McGill) Physician and Surgeon, pposite Christ Church, Stanstead Plain, Office op Bell Telephone No, &, H.C.RUGG, M.D, C.M,, Physician and Surgeon.1H posite residence of Hon.M.F.Hackett.Oce end Plain, Que.Bell Telephone No.84, DR.T.D.WHITCHER, Beebe Plain, Vt.Telephone connections.C.).MQULETON, L.D.S,, .Dentist, Stanstead Plain, Que.ERASTUS P.BALL, Veterinary Surgeon.\u2019 Graduate of Montreal Veterinary College.ffice at Lee Farin, Rock Island, Que.U.8.P.O.address Derby Line, Vermont.CHAS.H.MANSUR, Advocate, Rock Island, P.Q.Office over Pike Bros\u2019 Store.A.E.HARVEY, B.C.L,, Advocate, Barrister and Solicitor, 185 St.James Street, Montreal.Bell Telephone 1888, E'n Townships business carefully looked after.M.F.HACKETT, Advocate, Solicitor, &ec., Stanstead Plain, que Will attend all courts in the District.Collections a spetialty.H.M.HOVEY, Advocate, Rock Island, Que.U.8.P.0.address, Derby Line, Vt.THOS.KIRK, Civil Engineer and Provincial Land Surveyor.Office at Stanstead Hotel, Stanstead, Que.CHAS.M, THOMAS, Notary Public, Commissioner Superior Court.Office nt the Court House, Stanstead Plain.L.H.RAND, Undertaker, Fitch Bay, Que.A complete aysortment of Fine Funeral Fur \" nishings always kept in stock.WEIRS MUSICAL FESTIVAL.The ninth annual meeting and festival of the New Hampshire Music Teachers\u2019 Association will he held this summer at the Weirs, a delightful and well known spot on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, August 1, 2, 3,4, 5.The Weirs festival needs no advertising beyond a mere announcement of the event, for their success year after year is guarantee enough that those to come will be worth the attention of musicians everywhere.The programme of the event, which has just been issued, shows that this year\u2019s festival will comprise a splendid series of instuetive and entertaining lectures and concerts, made by a strong force of first-class musicians.The order of exercises for the week will be as follows: Chorus rehearsals on Monday evening, Tuesday morning afternoon and evening, and at other specified times through the week, and coneerts Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons by State talent.There will be a promenade concert and dancing on Wednesday evening; a recital of Scotch and English ballads by A.McKinzie Mattock, of Albany, on Thursday morning, and piano recital by Milo Benedict, of Concord, Thursday afternoon.At the grand concert on Thursday evening the chorus will sing \u201c Daybreak,\u201d by Faning, \u201cFlight Into Egypt,\u201d from Berlioz\u2019s \u201cChildhood of Christ,\u201d and the finale from \u201c\u201cLoreley,\u201d Mendelssohns unfinished opera, and many distinguished soloists will assist.On Friday morning Mr.Carl E.Dufft will lecture on the embellishments of singing; a piano recital by Mr.Alfred De Voto, of Boston, will be given on Friday afternoon and the grand closing concert will take place Friday evening, when the soloists and chorus, assisted by the orchestra, will give the principal parts of Donizetti\u2019s delightful opera ¢ Lucia de Lammermoor,\u201d The soloists participating include many well known artists, among them being Dr.Carl E.Dufft, of New York; E.C.Town of New York; A.M.Mattock of Albany; Miss 8.Morian Craft, of Boston; Miss Frances Wellington, Peoria, Illinois; Mrs.Elizabeth Hawkins, of Boston and many others.The chorus will be the finest in the festival\u2019s history, and will be under NAL visited \u201cBay View Cottage\u201d and enjoyed a cruise around the bay in the Commodore\u2019s new yacht.At the same time several instructors from the Public Schools of Massachusetts enjoyed the unbounded hospitality of Mr.aud Mrs.Bailey.The location of \u2018Bay View Cottage\u201d wae chosen by Mr.Bayley chiefly on account of its proximity tothe unequaled pickerel fishing waters and its accessibility from the highway, but it is by no means without scenic attractions.Situated on the eastern shore of Fitch Bay it commands anex- cellent view of Memphremagog\u2019s silvery arm, the mountainous bluff on the west separating the bay from the lake proper, while on the north stands \u2018Bunker Hill\u2019 and looking over the : wooded bluff at the south, in the midst of arange of lesser mountains all clothed inrobes of green, one sees Owl\u2019s Head looming up into the sky some three thousand feet.The hay expands 10 a breadth of three fourths of a mile, and a cruise along its western shore reveals much of nature\u2019s wild adornment.In no way can these attractions be seen to better advantage than from Commodore Bay- ley\u2019s yacht.Riding along in this staunch craft one would hardly he conscious of the presence of the tidy little motor which propelsit but for the constant puff of exploded gas from the exhaust pipe.The draft of the boat is so slight that it may be safely run within a few feet of the shore.The day\u2019s pleasure was brought to a close with a supper of delicious fried pick- eral caught by our host after the day\u2019s cruise.NOTES.Soon after our arrival an accident occurred which cast a gloom over the vision at least of some of the party.The dignified expounder of mathematics at the North Adams High School and the juvenile instructor in the same institution had donned their bathing costumes and taken to the water.The latter came dangerously near getting her costume wet, and the former was taken in tow by a skiff, The figures described by the mathematician so amused Drury\u2019s staid principal, who was seated in the stern of the boat, that she laughed off her eyeglasses, and they went to the bottom never to he recovered.This had a sobering influence on the party and no further casualties occurred.AYER'S FLAT.Rev.R.G.Watt of Fitch Bay, will preach in the church at Ayer\u2019s Flat 10.830 a.m., and at Boynton 2.30 p.mon July 31st.\u2019 A SMALL REWARD.Passengers Gave The Boy Who Saved the Boston Train a Purse of $1.80 à correspondent, writing of the recent heroic act of a little boy in sav- | ing the Boston train from destruction near St.Johnsbury, says: \u201cI am informed that the passengers presented the boy with a purse containing one dollar and eighty cents.We owe it to posterity that such unexampled generosity, such boundless munificence should not be passed over unnoticed.\u2014Hobhson\u2019s conduct before Santiago sinks into obscurity.Just see what that boy could do with the money.36 beers, 90 postage stamps, 180 slate pencils, in short countless useful articles.If of a philanthropic disposition he might use a portion to erect a home for indigent travelers and place the balance in trust as an endowment fund for the same institution.These passengers had an opportunity to place a value upon their own lives and in doing so have demonstrated that the article in questionis a veritable drug on the market.I am pleased to hear that the C.P.R.officials have the matter in hand and will do the right thing by the lad.\u201d WAS IT FOUL PLAY?A Quebec dispatch says a short time ago a fire destroyed a saw mill at St.Moise, county of Matane, and two men named Ross, father and son, perished in the flames.À coroner\u2019s jury rendered a verdict that they died from asphyxia.The population of the parish now surmise that both men were victims of foul play, as they slept on an upper flat and could no doubt have escaped, as all the mill windows were opened.Two men are under suspicion, and detectives are on the spot investigating the matter.The circumstances are all the more suspicious because of the fact that Mr.Caouette, the owner of the mill, has lost heavily of late through mysterious fires.At Rimouski ten days ago he lost the leadership of Mr.H.G.Blaisdell, \u2018his store, insured for £2000 in the of Concord, who will conduct all the concerts of the fesiival, and the or- : \u2019 ' + implement Te also destroyed.Blw ss LL, S$ oad.in Ellsworth, Me., and was drowned.P ents were a esiroye lw or MISS J.HALL, Stanstead The Connecticut Republicans will hold a convention in New Haven Sept, 14, Springfield has borrowed $214,000 of Blake Bros.& Co.of Boston at 3.10, the lowest rate ever secured by a New Eng- lard clty.Charles Smith, a Boston painter, was New Attractions Big Line FURNITURE Just in BEDROOM SUITS IN ASH OR BIRCH $9.00 AND UPWARDS.People are buying loads of our furniture every day in the week, we suppose it must be right; or they would\u2019t do it.ing stolen $1000 worth of jewelry from Nellie King.Smith had been paying attentions to Emily Maynard, a sister of Mrs.Kivg, who lives with her.A Salem city official has been very much impressed of late with the work that the Salvation army is doing in his city, so the other day he decided to attend a meeting.When he reached the entrance the congregation started singing, \"There's a devil at the door; keep | him out.\u201d He did not go any farther.SUNDAY, JULY 24.The residence of Elisha Bradford in Farmington, Me, was struck by lightning Sunday morning during a heavy shower, followed by damaging hail in that section.Many of the crew of the Colon at Seavey's island are convicts from the Canary islands, and they have shown more disposition to sulk and not obey orders than all the rest of the Spanish prisoners.The citizens of Brockton are greatly wrought up by the breaking out of six incendiary fires in different parts of the city Saturday night, and, although the pecuniary damage has been light, property owners have become terror-stricken, for they know not where the incendiary's torch may next be applied.A Portland boy wrote to Admiral Cer- versa asking for a button and the admiral's autograph.He was made happy by receiving a note from the Spaniard, saying that the writer's clothing was left on shipboard when the necessity of seeking the shore forced itself upon the attention of officers and crew, | MONDAY, JULY 25.Samuel D.Haynes of Maine, a life convict and former incorrigible, has be- da Iron Bedsteads, Matts, and Springs, in All Grades and Sizes, Hay Tools CHEAPER Than Ever Before.Agent For Coaticook Mowers and Rakes.We also have Guards and Knives for all the mowers going.New Assortment of Ladies\u2019 Wrappers Starting at 75 Cents.Have sold upwards of fifty tons maple sugar this spring and are in the market for more every day in the week.Yours, PARKER & KNIGHT, Hatley.Glasses Glasses ceme a devout christian.are such 5 Young People of New Haven got mar- \u20ac ¢ a are such an ried last November and had prepared a .home without the knowledge of thetr + benefit Injury Lt par.nts, who were completing arrangements fer a sumptuous wedding when the secret was told.F.H.Kindge, the California philanthropist and millionaire, founder of the Cambridge manual training school and [ts benefactor for the past 10 years, is about to turn that establishment over to the city of Cambridge.The Institution costs $30,000 a year, TUESDAY, JULY 26, Two Chinese merchants of Boston are trying to secure the admittance of their children Into the country in spite of the legal wall opposed to the immigration of their kind.The boys have reached the Canadian border, but can pags no further unless some loophole in the law can be discovered.The Laconia (N.H.) knitting mill, O'Shea Bros, proprietors, will begin to make samples to put on the market in the course of a week or 10 days.The when right.when wrong Don\u2019t Put Off Wearing Them if it is necessary that you should do so to preserve your sight, DON'T wear imperfect Glasses\u2014-it's better to go without.DON'T go to the city to have your work done when you cau get it at home for less than half the expense.I guarantee the best work and best material.Examination free when glasses are ordered.You'll find me at the Derby Line Hotel every Tues, Wed., Thurs, and Fri, McCONNELL, Refracting Optician."]